Derelicts

Derelict 12 meter S/V, white hull, adrift in vicinity 15-38.51N 080-35.59W at 222157Z jan

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 72/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-25 22:48Z

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) · UKHO 0/24 222245Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-22 22:53Z. 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 15.642, -80.593. 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 Caribbean Sea →

issued: 2024-01-22 22:53Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-01-25 22:48Z
authority: UKHO 0/24 222245Z JAN 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: UKHO
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 15.642, -80.593
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
1. DERELICT 12 METER S/V, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN
   VICINITY 15-38.51N 080-35.59W AT 222157Z JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 252248Z 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

7 within 180 nm since 2014 · 2 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 M/V unlit and anchored in 15-54.77N 078-41.81W2026-08-31
Derelict M/V vagabond submerged and adrift in 13-34.78N 081-22.67W2026-08-23
Vessel disabled in 16-36.47N 080-28.47W2023-02-10
Vessel disabled and adrift in 16-36.47N 080-28.47W2023-02-10
Derelict vessel adrift in 14-08.51N 081-44.02W at 221400Z jul2019-07-22
Derelict 25 foot S/V sea fever II adrift vicinity 16-56.2N 081-13.2W2014-11-14

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

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 09:32Z; 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.