Derelicts

Derelict F/V, white hull, adrift in 13-01N 050-50W at 182130Z jan

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 57/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-01-22 10:11Z

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 FORT DE FRANCE 4/21 190506Z JAN 21.. Issued 2021-01-19 10:11Z. 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 13.017, -50.833. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2021-01-19 10:11Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-01-22 10:11Z
authority
AVURNAV FORT DE FRANCE 4/21 190506Z JAN 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
AVURNAV FORT DE FRANCE
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
13.017, -50.833
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. DERELICT F/V, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN
   13-01N 050-50W AT 182130Z JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221011Z JAN 21.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

3 within 180 nm since 2013 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

13
15
20
21

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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A
M
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J
A
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D

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 01:58Z; 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.