Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 18-26N 031-49W at 060330Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 66/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-02-11 10:10Z
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) · NAVAREA II 57/03 061147Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-06 13:50Z. 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 18.433, -31.817. 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.
- HYDROLANT 277/032003-02-06 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 66/03 · this notice2003-02-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 283/032003-02-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-02-06 13:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 57/03 061147Z FEB 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 18.433, -31.817
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 18-26N 031-49W AT 060330Z FEB. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 13 FEB.
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
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 S/V adrift in vicinity 18-54.4N 034-41.1W at 191500Z jan2022-01-19
- Derelict 24 foot vessel fire ant, white hull, adrift vicinity 18-47.9N 031-21.6W2016-02-14
- Derelict S/V adrift vicinity 20-35.5N 033-56.4W at 170705Z mar2011-03-17
- Derelict S/V adrift vicinity 20-32.5N 033-46.4W at 150050Z mar2011-03-15
- Derelict S/V pelican adrift in 17-49.2N 030-30.9W2009-12-02
- Derelict vessel barbery duck adrift vicinity 18-58N 032-32W at 011300Z dec2007-12-01
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 01:23Z; 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.