Derelict 417 foot M/V white seal, white hull, adrift within 200 miles of 31-30N 070-50W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 74/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-02-21 00:00Z
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) · RCC NORFOLK AOR-W EGC#498 140446Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-14 06:05Z. 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 31.500, -70.833 with a 200.0 nm radius. 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 58/032003-02-03 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 68/032003-02-06 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 74/03 · this notice2003-02-14 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-02-14 06:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK AOR-W EGC#498 140446Z FEB 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK AOR-W
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 31.500, -70.833 · r 200.0 nm
- vessel
- M/V WHITE SEAL · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 417 FOOT M/V WHITE SEAL, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT WITHIN 200 MILES OF 31-30N 070-50W. REPORTS TO RCC NORFOLK, TELEX: 127775, PHONE: 757 398 6231, FAX: 757 398 6390. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- 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 2003 · 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 reported adrift in vicinity 30-13.16N 070-36.23W at 241510Z apr2023-04-24
- Derelict S/V onward adrift in vicinity 29-55.30N 071-14.30W2023-02-14
- 24 foot vessel disabled and adrift in 30-36N 068-28W at 052043Z jun2018-06-05
- Derelict 20 foot barge adrift in vicinity 33-15.1N 070-10.7W at 251418Z mar2017-03-26
- Derelict 75 foot S/V ninah adrift in 31-07.8N 069-02.2W at 191830Z jan2017-01-19
- 44 foot S/V migration disabled and adrift in vicinity 34-06.80N 071-13.29W at 131340Z dec2016-12-13
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 02:44Z; 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.