Derelict 12 meter vessel tt latitude adrift in vicinity 30-09.73N 039-59.52W at 151517Z may
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 400/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-05-17 21:29Z
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) · MRCC DELGADA 152153Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-15 22:15Z. 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 30.162, -39.992. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Derelict 12 meter vessel tt latitude adrift in 30-19.5N 040-21.0W at 171130Z maylater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA IV 400/17 · this notice2017-05-15 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 406/172017-05-17 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-05-15 22:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-05-18 22:15Z
- authority
- MRCC DELGADA 152153Z MAY 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MRCC DELGADA
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 30.162, -39.992
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT 12 METER VESSEL TT LATITUDE ADRIFT IN VICINITY 30-09.73N 039-59.52W AT 151517Z MAY. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA, INMARSAT-C: 426300065, PHONE: 3512 9628 1777, 3519 1777 7461. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182215Z 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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- 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
10 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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 vicinity 29-18.50N 038-20.90W at 042116Z aug2022-08-05
- Derelict eight meter lifeboat, orange hull, from M/V nordic wolverine, adrift in vicinity 28-37.5N 039-26.5W2019-01-26
- Derelict 12 meter vessel tt latitude adrift in 30-19.5N 040-21.0W at 171130Z may2017-05-17
- Derelict S/V kitty rouge adrift vicinity 28-29N 038-52W2016-03-31
- Dererlict 40 foot S/V, white hull, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 28-35.692N 038-24.195W at 121815Z…2012-09-12
- Dererlict 40 foot S/V, white hull, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 28-35.692N 038-24.195W at 121815Z…2012-09-12
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 06:36Z; 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.