Derelict 24 foot vessel, white hull, adrift in 19-27N 074-20W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 78/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-04-04 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 MIAMI 27 MAR 06.. Issued 2006-03-28 02:43Z. 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 19.450, -74.333. 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
- 2006-03-28 02:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 27 MAR 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 19.450, -74.333
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 24 FOOT VESSEL, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN 19-27N 074-20W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 04 APR.
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.
- 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
25 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 vessel, white hull, partially submerged, adrift in vicinity 18-15.07N 076-25.11W2021-03-19
- Derelict vessel, white hull, partially submerged in 18-15N 076-25W2021-03-18
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 20-23.1N 074-08.2W at 040730Z jan2019-01-04
- 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
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 · 85.5 nm
- Punta barlovento light 20-43.20N 075-19.15W range changed to 14 milesNav aids · 94.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:55Z; 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.