Derelict nine meter S/V tangaroa taking on water and adrift in 12-45.4N 047-53.8W at 161340Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 796/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-12-19 18:53Z
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) · MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 161611Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-16 18:53Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 12.757, -47.897. 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
- 2013-12-16 18:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-12-19 18:53Z
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 161611Z DEC 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 12.757, -47.897
- vessel
- S/V TANGAROA · 10 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT NINE METER S/V TANGAROA TAKING ON WATER AND ADRIFT IN 12-45.4N 047-53.8W AT 161340Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 191853Z DEC 13.
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
6 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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 F/V, white hull, adrift in 13-01N 050-50W at 182130Z jan2021-01-19
- 11.5 meter S/V ourilays, white hull, disabled and adrift in 13-51N 048-59W at 101900Z dec2016-12-10
- S/V fidel, disabled and adrift due to steering gear failure in 14-03.6N 047-00.4W at 261200Z dec2012-12-26
- Derelict S/V xenon adrift in 14-56.1N 047-54.5W at 091700Z feb2009-02-10
- Derelict 36 foot S/V butch adrift vicinity 13-50N 047-31W at 191411Z jan2009-01-19
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 2026-10-01 01:44Z; 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.