Incidents · disabled
Derelict vessel aqqu and liferaft adrift in 68-52.22N 052-04.69W
Davis Strait · Greenland-west Coast · HYDROARC 20/17
- issued
- 2017-02-12 00:13Z
- status
- cancelled 2017-02-15 00:13Z (archive)
- self-cancels
- 2017-02-15 00:13Z
- authority
- AASIAAT RADIO 112354Z FEB 17.
- sea
- Davis Strait
- position
- 68.870, -52.078
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DAVIS STRAIT. GREENLAND-WEST COAST. DNC 19, DNC 28. 1. DERELICT VESSEL AQQU AND LIFERAFT ADRIFT IN 68-52.22N 052-04.69W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 150013Z FEB 17.
This area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
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- Vessel, one person on board, unreported aasiaat (68-42-35N 052-52-10W) to ikamiut (68-38-00N 051-49-58W)2019-05-30
- Vessel, white hull, four persons onboard, unreported aasiaat (68-42.58N 052-52.17W) to niaqornaarsuk…2018-11-29
- Vessel, white hull, two persons on board, requesting assistance in 70-13N 054-13W at 172045 aug2018-08-17
- S/V fredoya, six persons on board, unreported upernavik (072-47N 56-09W)2018-07-14
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Timeline · 4 messages since 2017-02-11 · closed 2017-02-15
- Vessel aqqu, two persons on board, sinking in 68-52.3N 052-04.0W2017-02-11 → 2017-02-11
- Two persons from vessel aqqu abandoned ship in liferaft in 68-52.22N 052-04.69W2017-02-11 → 2017-02-12
- Cancel HYDROARC 18/17 and this msg, persons rescued2017-02-12 → 2017-02-12
- Derelict vessel aqqu and liferaft adrift in 68-52.22N 052-04.69W this message2017-02-12 → 2017-02-15
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