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Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in vicinity 44-15.0N 042-00.0W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1216/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-06-16 15:24Z

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) · US COAST GUARD 0/23 010015Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-01 00:46Z. 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 44.250, -42.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2023-06-01 00:46Z
status: Archived notice
authority: US COAST GUARD 0/23 010015Z JUN 23.
issued by: US COAST GUARD
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 44.250, -42.000
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 08.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM
VESSEL IN VICINITY 44-15.0N 042-00.0W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO US COAST GUARD,
PHONE: 907 463 2000, 787 289 2041,
E-MAIL: SSJCC@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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

21 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.

13 meter S/V lucky cat, white hull, overdue2023-07-17
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 41-23.30N 042-53.54W at 302020Z mar2023-03-30
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 44-30.00N 042-45.00W2022-09-21
Fire reported on vessel in vicinity 45-00.60N 045-34.00W2022-09-02
Fire reported on vessel in vicinity 45-00.60N 045-34.00W2022-09-02
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 43-45N 045-45W at 281214Z mar2019-03-28

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 02:09Z; 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) →

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