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Two men missing vicinity 19-58S 040-07W at 200110Z jan

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 122/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-01-24 10:05Z

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) · NAVAREA V SAR 6/09 200110Z JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-20 01:19Z. 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 -19.967, -40.117. 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
2009-01-20 01:19Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA V SAR 6/09 200110Z JAN 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
NAVAREA V SAR
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-19.967, -40.117
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TWO MEN MISSING VICINITY 19-58S 040-07W AT
200110Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · other warnings

36 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:45Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.