Derelict ten meter vessel adrift vicinity 27-00.1N 063-26.6W at 161950Z aug
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 309/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-08-24 00:01Z
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) · BELUGA FORMATION 170916Z AUG 09.. Issued 2009-08-17 11:40Z. 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 27.002, -63.443. 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
- 2009-08-17 11:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- BELUGA FORMATION 170916Z AUG 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- BELUGA FORMATION
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 27.002, -63.443
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT TEN METER VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 27-00.1N 063-26.6W AT 161950Z AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 AUG.
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
5 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 lifeboat adrift in 26-15.32N 063-02.46W at 291100Z jul2019-07-29
- Derelict 33 foot S/V pollux, white hull, adrift in 24-57.2N 064-56.7W on 23 nov2011-11-23
- Derelict 42 foot S/V sara wht adrift in 28-40.2N 062-08.4W at 171600Z feb2009-02-28
- Derelict 12 meter S/V sophia, white and blue hull, adrift vicinity 25-25.3N 065-16.2W on 22 dec2000-12-25
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:11Z; 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.