Distress signal received from 56 foot F/V ellen jean in 30-15.5N 076-03.3W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1116/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-05-13 15:41Z
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 210559Z APR 22.. Issued 2022-04-21 07:57Z. 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 30.258, -76.055. 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
- 2022-04-21 07:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 210559Z APR 22.
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 30.258, -76.055
- vessel
- F/V ELLEN JEAN
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 16. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM 56 FOOT F/V ELLEN JEAN IN 30-15.5N 076-03.3W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
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.
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
65 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 signal received on 406 mhz from S/V moonyacht in 32-47.40N 075-23.10W at 211618Z oct2023-10-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-58.80N 075-21.07W2023-09-30
- 32 foot S/V sea bird, dark blue hull, one person on board unreported west palm beach (26-42.58N 080-03.85W)…2023-07-12
- Man overboard from vessel in 30-13.30N 078-14.50W2023-05-30
- 33 foot S/V freyja, white hull, one person on board, taking on water in 32-36.64N 075-16.80W2023-01-23
- 30 foot S/V, blue hull, two persons on board, atrevida II, overdue cape hatteras (35-11.35N 075-45.55W) to…2022-12-12
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:43Z; 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.