Debris from sunken M/V el faro adrift within ten miles of: a. 23-29N 074-01W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 831/15
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What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-10-09 12:15Z
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 061133Z OCT 15.. Issued 2015-10-06 12:15Z. 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 23.942, -73.525. 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
- 2015-10-06 12:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-10-09 12:15Z
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 061133Z OCT 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 23.942, -73.525
- vessel
- M/V EL FARO · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. BAHAMAS. 1. DEBRIS FROM SUNKEN M/V EL FARO ADRIFT WITHIN TEN MILES OF: A. 23-29N 074-01W. B. 24-24N 073-02W. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091215Z OCT 15.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
11 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Rowboat adrift in vicinity 25-41.00N 072-55.00W2023-10-31
- Derelict eight meter vessel, red and white hull, adrift in vicinity 25-00.00N 072-00.00W2023-10-30
- Derelict 110 foot M/V supplier one adrift in 21-21.70N 074-42.70W2022-07-03
- Tug manatee and barge disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 21-34.6N 075-24.8W2016-03-13
- 115 foot M/V camarina royale, disabled and adrift in 21-03.83N 074-16.33W2016-01-31
- M/V el faro disabled and flooding in 23-28N 073-48W2015-10-01
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
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 2026-09-30 10:19Z; 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.