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 1253/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-05-23 13:27Z
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) · JRCC STAVANGER 201807Z MAY 13.. Issued 2013-05-20 19:10Z. 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 35.398, -36.154. 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
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 10.9 meter S/V grain de soleil, green hull, three persons on board,…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1253/13 and this msglater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 1028/132013-04-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1057/132013-04-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1092/132013-05-01 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1245/132013-05-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1253/13 · this notice2013-05-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-05-20 19:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC STAVANGER 201807Z MAY 13.
- issued by
- JRCC STAVANGER
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 35.398, -36.154
- vessel
- S/V GRAIN DE SOLEIL · 5 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
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 35-23.88N 036-09.24W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. 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, E-MAIL: MRCC.DELGADA@MARINHA.PT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1245/13.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
22 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.
- 26 foot S/V saturn, red hull, three persons on board, unreported to azores (37-44N 025-40W)2016-06-13
- S/V frek, three persons on board, taking on water due to small leak in 37-23.1N 034-01.4W at 131130Z jun2014-06-13
- Distress signal received vicinity 35-40.0N 034-37.9W at 051711Z nov2013-11-05
- Derelict vessel hemisferio sul capsized and adrift in 35-16.5N 039-41.3W2013-06-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 10.9 meter S/V grain de soleil, green hull, three persons on board,…2013-05-19
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 10.9 meter S/V grain de soleil, green hull, three persons on board,…2013-05-01
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 2026-10-04 03:13Z; 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.