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Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 10.9 meter S/V grain de soleil, green hull, three persons on board,…

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1245/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-05-20 19:10Z

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 NORFOLK 191857Z MAY 13; - JRCC STAVANGER 191844Z MAY 13.. Issued 2013-05-19 20:10Z. 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 33.867, -39.267. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM
   10.9 METER S/V GRAIN DE SOLEIL, GREEN HULL,
   THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, IN 34-06.50N 039-15.00W
   AT 260012Z APR. SATELLITE IMAGE REPORTS VESSEL
   IN 33-37.48N 039-17.06W ON 15 MAY. REPORTS
   TO RCC NORFOLK, PHONE: 757 398 6390,
   FAX: 757 398 6390, E-MAIL: D05-SMB-D5CC@USCG.MIL
   OR  MRCC DELGADA, PHONE: 35 129 628 1777,
   FAX: 35 129 620 5239.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1092/13.

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.
Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT: The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.

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

25 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-09-24 15:58Z; 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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