Derelict vessel, orange and red hull, adrift in 28-53.1N 074-30.0W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 389/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-05-24 04:40Z
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 MIAMI 210303Z MAY 16.. Issued 2016-05-21 04:40Z. 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 28.885, -74.500. 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
- 2016-05-21 04:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-05-24 04:40Z
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 210303Z MAY 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 28.885, -74.500
- 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 VESSEL, ORANGE AND RED HULL, ADRIFT IN 28-53.1N 074-30.0W. REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 240440Z MAY 16.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- 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
14 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.
- Derelict S/V le siguer adrift in 30-34.02N 075-47.58W at 281835Z dec2023-12-28
- 87 foot F/V eagle eye II disabled and adrift in 29-51N 074-12W2022-04-18
- F/V straight flush disabled and adrift in 29-10.56N 077-30.40W2017-02-17
- 56 foot M/V capt stevie, blue and white hull, disabled and adrift vicinity 29-40N 077-23W2016-07-18
- Derelict 20 foot S/V, blue and white hull, adrift vicinity 27-13.394N 073-53.445W2014-04-07
- 274 foot M/V michelda, out of fuel and adrift in 26-46N 075-55W2011-04-17
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:57Z; 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.