Derelict 18 foot vessel adrift in 14-47.30N 062-15.70W at 221716Z apr
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 444/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-04-26 01:16Z
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) · JRCC CURACAO 0/23 230101Z APR 23.. Issued 2023-04-23 01:20Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 14.788, -62.262. 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 Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-04-23 01:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-04-26 01:16Z
- authority
- JRCC CURACAO 0/23 230101Z APR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- JRCC CURACAO
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 14.788, -62.262
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. DOMINICA. 1. DERELICT 18 FOOT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 14-47.30N 062-15.70W AT 221716Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260116Z APR 23.
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
127 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.
- Martinique2024-07-10
- Derelict 10 meter vessel, blue hull, adrift in 17-45.93N 062-29.73W at 152118Z jan2024-01-16
- Derelict four meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 14-33.90N 061-06.90W at 261908Z nov2023-11-27
- Derelict vessel g family adrift in 14-09.05N 061-21.99W at 102235Z nov2023-11-11
- Derelict vessel g family adrift in 14-09.05N 061-21.99W at 102235Z nov2023-11-11
- Derelict S/V adrift in 13-42.00N 063-36.00W at 081201Z aug2023-08-08
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
- Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 70.5 nm
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 76.7 nm
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 95.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:24Z; 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.