Derelicts

Derelict F/V leah, white and blue, adrift in 05-10.94N 052-33.62W at 081915Z may

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 521/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-11 23:20Z

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) · AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE 1016/24 082300Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-08 23:29Z. 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 5.182, -52.560. 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

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.

  1. NAVAREA IV 521/24 · this notice2024-05-08 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 522/242024-05-09 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2024-05-08 23:29Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-01-11 23:20Z
authority
AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE 1016/24 082300Z MAY 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
5.182, -52.560
vessel
F/V LEAH · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FRENCH GUIANA.
1. DERELICT F/V LEAH, WHITE AND BLUE,
   ADRIFT IN 05-10.94N 052-33.62W AT 081915Z MAY.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 112320Z JAN 24.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

17 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 11:49Z; 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.