6.5 meter F/V, yellow and green hull, adrift in vicinity 14-41.10N 061-10.83W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 667/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-06-19 20:10Z
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) · AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE 1058/23 162002Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-16 20:12Z. 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 14.685, -61.181. 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.
- NAVAREA IV 667/23 · this notice2023-06-16 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 723/232023-06-27 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-06-16 20:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-06-19 20:10Z
- authority
- AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE 1058/23 162002Z JUN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AVURNAV LOCAL FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 14.685, -61.181
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. MARTINIQUE. 1. 6.5 METER F/V, YELLOW AND GREEN HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 14-41.10N 061-10.83W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 192010Z JUN 23.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
115 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 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
- Derelict S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 14-33.30N 061-19.30W2023-07-30
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 · 8.4 nm
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 81.8 nm
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 92.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 23:50Z; 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.