Derelicts

Derelict 36 foot S/V fou de vewt, white hull, adrift in 39-01N 063-19W at 312038Z oct

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 926/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-11-02 20:48Z

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) · RCC BOSTON 312038Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-31 20:48Z. 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 39.017, -63.317. 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: 2018-10-31 20:48Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-11-02 20:48Z
authority: RCC BOSTON 312038Z OCT 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: RCC BOSTON
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 39.017, -63.317
vessel: S/V FOU DE VEWT
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 36 FOOT S/V FOU DE VEWT, WHITE HULL,
   ADRIFT IN 39-01N 063-19W AT 312038Z OCT.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 022048Z NOV 18.

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

11 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 ishmael adrift in vicinity 37-52.9N 064-49.0W2019-07-26
13 meter S/V alien 1 disabled and adrift in 37-45.18N 066-19.16W2015-06-07
Derelict 36 foot vessel adrift in 36-48.74N 061-00.00W2013-08-20
S/V mirari possibly disabled2013-06-13
Derelict 34 foot S/V romarin II, white hull, adrift vicinity 39-23.9N 063-33.1W2013-05-13
Derelict 34 foot S/V romarin II, white hull, adrift vicinity 39-23.9N 063-33.1W2013-05-13

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 00:59Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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