Distress signal received from vessel only, 21 persons on board, in 42-13N 016-58E at 172220Z jan
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 126/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-03-01 12:40Z
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) · MRCC ROME AOR-E EGC 743 180155Z JAN 02. Issued 2002-01-18 03:09Z. 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
- Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 42.217, 16.967. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2002-01-18 03:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME AOR-E EGC 743 180155Z JAN 02
- issued by
- MRCC ROME AOR-E EGC
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 42.217, 16.967
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL ONLY, 21 PERSONS ON BOARD, IN 42-13N 016-58E AT 172220Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO BARI PORT AUTHORITY.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
101 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Aircraft, one person onboard, unreported2023-10-15
- Man overboard from F/V rosa dei venti in 43-33.00N 014-31.00E at 210800Z2023-06-21
- Possible man overboard from M/V zeko y in 42-25.00N 015-34.00E at 300100Z mar2023-03-30
- 17 meter F/V nuova angela secondo, white and blue hull, three persons on board, unreported2022-07-08
- Vessel, white and red hull, one person on board, unreported merlera island 39-52.5N 019-34.6E to otranto…2020-08-11
- Distress signal received from vessel, white hull, one person on board, in vicinity 40-00N 019-00E at 151500Z…2020-01-15
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 2026-10-03 10:10Z; 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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