Derelict ten meter S/V aela, yellow hull, dismasted and adrift in 37-11.4N 045-40.3W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 373/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-05-10 16:29Z
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 BOSTON 071622Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-07 16:29Z. 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 37.190, -45.672. 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
- 2017-05-07 16:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-05-10 16:29Z
- authority
- RCC BOSTON 071622Z MAY 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC BOSTON
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 37.190, -45.672
- vessel
- S/V AELA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT TEN METER S/V AELA, YELLOW HULL, DISMASTED AND ADRIFT IN 37-11.4N 045-40.3W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101629Z MAY 17.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
19 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- 40 foot vessel kemo sabe disabled and adrift in 36-14.00N 043-36.00W at 181047Z jun2022-06-18
- Derelict 36 foot S/V fine fleur, white hull, adrift in 36-53.75N 046-32.61W at 201600Z jun2018-06-21
- Derelict 36 foot S/V fine fleur in 36-53.75N 046-32.61W at 201600Z jun 182018-06-20
- S/V kalinka III disabled and adrift in 35-12.88N 047-43.03W at 232154Z may2017-05-23
- Derelict 36 foot S/V palagos junior adrift in vicinity 37-25.6N 046-20.4W at 011650Z may2017-05-01
- Derelict vessel adrift in 38-34N 044-43W at 171556Z apr2016-04-17
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 05:12Z; 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.