Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 21-35.50N 084-59.40W at 241200Z apr
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 460/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-04-27 21:55Z
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) · CUBA 4/23 242147Z APR 23.. Issued 2023-04-24 22:02Z. 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 21.592, -84.990. 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
- 2023-04-24 22:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-04-27 21:55Z
- authority
- CUBA 4/23 242147Z APR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- CUBA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 21.592, -84.990
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. CUBA. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 21-35.50N 084-59.40W AT 241200Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 272155Z 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
31 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 30 foot S/V tulaichean 2 adrift in vicinity 22-00.20N 086-05.50W at 192058Z mar2023-03-20
- Derelict 40 foot vessel finale, white hull, adrift2023-01-24
- Derelict 180 foot M/V abshire tide, black, green and white hull, adrift in 24-17.60N 086-15.10W2022-12-25
- Derelict 180 foot M/V abshire tide, black hull, adrift in vicinity 24-11.30N 085-45.80W2022-12-23
- Derelict 180 foot M/V abshire tide, black hull, adrift in vicinity 24-11.40N 086-07.30W2022-12-22
- Derelict 180 foot M/V abshire tide, black hull, adrift in vicinity 24-17.60N 086-15.10W2022-12-22
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
- NAVAREA IV mobile offshore drilling units positions at 171600Z sep: a. agosto 12 19-23.0N 092-03.1WSurveys · 43.5 nm
- Isla contoy light 21-31.60N 086-48.30W unlitNav aids · 101.4 nm
- Carapachibey light 021-26.90N 082-55.40W unlitNav aids · 115.8 nm
- Puerto morelos light 20-50.2N 086-55.0W unreliableNav aids · 117 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 14:44Z; 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.