Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 20-23.1N 074-08.2W at 040730Z jan
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 7/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-01-07 23:55Z
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 042142Z JAN 19.. Issued 2019-01-04 23:55Z. 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 20.385, -74.137. 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
- 2019-01-04 23:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-01-07 23:55Z
- authority
- CUBA 042142Z JAN 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- CUBA
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 20.385, -74.137
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WINDWARD PASSAGE. CUBA. HAITI. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 20-23.1N 074-08.2W AT 040730Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 072355Z JAN 19.
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
22 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 110 foot M/V supplier one adrift in 21-21.70N 074-42.70W2022-07-03
- Derelict 34 foot vessel adrift in 19-44.6N 074-06.2W2018-11-24
- Vessel reality disabled and adrift in vicinity 20-26N 072-17W2018-08-24
- Derelict 60 to 70 foot F/V adrift and on fire in 20-27.0N 073-27.6W2018-08-12
- Derelict 40 foot vessel netty adrift in 20-23.74N 073-26.10W2017-02-10
- Derelict M/V trois rivieres adrift in 21-00.9N 074-21.5W at 011748Z feb2017-02-01
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
- Ile de la tortue w. point light 20-03-44N 072-58-02W unlitNav aids · 68.7 nm
- Punta barlovento light 20-43.20N 075-19.15W range changed to 14 milesNav aids · 69.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:34Z; 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.