M/V adamastos reports crewmember having cardiac arrest vicinity 01-20S 001-25E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1109/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-07-12 08:11Z
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 CAPE TOWN 041310Z JUL 08.. Issued 2008-07-05 03:42Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -1.333, 1.417. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-07-05 03:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN 041310Z JUL 08.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -1.333, 1.417
- vessel
- M/V ADAMASTOS · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V ADAMASTOS REPORTS CREWMEMBER HAVING CARDIAC ARREST VICINITY 01-20S 001-25E. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO VESSEL, INMARSAT-C: 424004910 OR MRCC CAPE TOWN, PHONE: 272 1938 3300 OR CAPE TOWN RADIO, PHONE: 272 1551 0747.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
6 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 102218Z may in: a. 00-31.98S 166-57.48E2019-05-10
- Man overboard from M/V vinlandia vicinity 00-15.4N 000-02.8W at 290900Z jun2010-06-29
- Distress signal received from M/V maersk erimo vicinity 00-09S 000-15E at 232230Z sep2009-09-23
- M/V nordmerkur reports crewman with head injury in 01-26S 000-49E2006-10-11
- Man overboard from M/V new giant vicinity 01-23N 001-16E at 130515Z oct2000-10-13
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:50Z; 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.