Derelict 12 meter vessel tt latitude adrift in 30-19.5N 040-21.0W at 171130Z may
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 406/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-05-20 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 2/17 172105Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-17 21:29Z. 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 30.325, -40.350. 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 vicinity 30-09.73N 039-59.52W at 151517Z maycancelled by this 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 400/172017-05-15 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 406/17 · this notice2017-05-17 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-05-17 21:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-05-20 21:29Z
- authority
- MRCC DELGADA 2/17 172105Z MAY 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MRCC DELGADA
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 30.325, -40.350
- 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 30-19.5N 040-21.0W AT 171130Z MAY. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA, INMARSAT-C: 426300065, PHONE: 3512 9628 1777, 3519 1777 7461, E-MAIL: MRCC.DELGADA@MARINHA.PT. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 400/17. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 202129Z 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- 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
11 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 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 vicinity 30-09.73N 039-59.52W at 151517Z may2017-05-15
- 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.