Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V wacawa in 37-02.33N 048-11.00W at 041212Z jun
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1198/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-06-14 00:20Z
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 BOSTON 041233Z JUN 12.. Issued 2012-06-04 16:28Z. 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 37.039, -48.183. 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
- Vessel on fire vicinity 38-33N 011-54Elater 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 1198/12 · this notice2012-06-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1273/122012-06-14 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-06-04 16:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC BOSTON 041233Z JUN 12.
- issued by
- RCC BOSTON
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 37.039, -48.183
- vessel
- S/V WACAWA · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM S/V WACAWA IN 37-02.33N 048-11.00W AT 041212Z JUN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC BOSTON, PHONE: 617 223 8555, E-MAIL: RCCBOSTON@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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)
36 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 in 36-06.60N 051-03.53W2024-01-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V sunburst in 37-54.30N 049-38.60W2023-07-15
- Distress signal received in 36-04.40N 045-47.33W from S/V le chercher, four persons on board2023-05-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 36-45.40N 047-09.40W2022-08-03
- Vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout, assist if possible2022-07-16
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-56.30N 049-36.40W2022-07-09
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 20:37Z; 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.