F/V iron maiden reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 30-47S 013-00E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1184/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-05-20 10:15Z
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) · CAPE TOWN RADIO 191621Z MAY 16.. Issued 2016-05-19 18:08Z. 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 -30.783, 13.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- F/V iron maiden reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 31-34-08S 014-31-01Elater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROLANT 1184/16 · this notice2016-05-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1190/162016-05-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-05-19 18:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CAPE TOWN RADIO 191621Z MAY 16.
- issued by
- CAPE TOWN RADIO
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -30.783, 13.000
- vessel
- F/V IRON MAIDEN · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. F/V IRON MAIDEN REPORTS CREWMAN REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE VICINITY 30-47S 013-00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN, PHONE: 272 1938 3300, E-MAIL: MRCC.CT@SAMSA.ORG.ZA.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
28 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.
- Distress signal received in vicinity 28-25.1S 014-21.3E2019-02-06
- Man overboard from F/V ruey I shyang NO.102 in 30-00S 011-11E at 210345Z jul2017-07-21
- Vessel trekker II, eight persons on board, disabled and crew abandoning ship in 30-09.10S 010-12.14E2017-01-03
- Vessel trekker II, eight persons on board, disabled due to sheared rudder pin in 30-13-00S 010-16-28E2017-01-03
- F/V iron maiden reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 31-34-08S 014-31-01E2016-05-20
- Ten meter S/V cielo, cream hull, one person on board, disabled in 29-12.76S 011-40.89E2016-04-28
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 04:04Z; 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.