M/V, white hull, one person on board, unreported ilulissat (69-13N 051-06W) to sisimiut (66-56N 053-40W)
Davis Strait · HYDROARC 293/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-10-27 15:57Z
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) · AASIAAT RADIO 101841Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-10 19:00Z. 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
- Davis Strait. The parsed report position is 68.075, -52.383. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2016-10-10 19:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AASIAAT RADIO 101841Z OCT 16.
- issued by
- AASIAAT RADIO
- sea
- Davis Strait
- position
- 68.075, -52.383
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DAVIS STRAIT. GREENLAND. DNC 28. M/V, WHITE HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, UNREPORTED ILULISSAT (69-13N 051-06W) TO SISIMIUT (66-56N 053-40W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO AASIAAT RADIO.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
87 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.
- Vessel, white hull, one person on board, unreported2019-07-31
- Vessel, five persons on board, disabled and adrift, requesting assistance in 70-36-31N 052-10-55W2019-07-16
- 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, three persons on board, requesting assistance in 65-41N 053-16W2018-09-19
- Vessel, white hull, two persons on board, requesting assistance in 70-13N 054-13W at 172045 aug2018-08-17
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:11Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.