Derelict 36 foot S/V champion at five, taking on water and adrift vicinity 32-44N 040-57W at 092300Z nov
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 307/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-11-16 00:00Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · RCC NORFOLK 092300Z NOV 06.. Issued 2006-11-09 23:55Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 32.733, -40.950. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2006-11-09 23:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK 092300Z NOV 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 32.733, -40.950
- vessel
- S/V CHAMPION
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 36 FOOT S/V CHAMPION AT FIVE, TAKING ON WATER AND ADRIFT VICINITY 32-44N 040-57W AT 092300Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 NOV.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
9 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Derelict S/V adrift in 35-15.04N 040-05.34W2017-06-29
- Derelict 12 meter vessel tt latitude adrift in 30-19.5N 040-21.0W at 171130Z may2017-05-17
- Derelict 12 meter vessel tt latitude adrift in vicinity 30-09.73N 039-59.52W at 151517Z may2017-05-15
- Derelict S/V hui buh adrift vicinity 34-20N 039-19W at 030315Z jun2014-06-03
- Derelict 20 meter S/V humpy, white hull, partially submerged and adrift in 34-24.8N 043-33.3W2011-10-18
- Derelict 35 foot S/V, maroon hull, adrift vicinity 34-56N 040-26W at 030900Z jul2008-07-03
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:09Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.