Distress signal received vicinity 32-49.6S 046-17.1W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1350/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-08-16 05:07Z
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 645/04 151228Z AUG.. Issued 2004-08-15 13:17Z. 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 -32.827, -46.285. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2004-08-15 13:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V 645/04 151228Z AUG.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -32.827, -46.285
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED VICINITY 32-49.6S 046-17.1W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
13 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.
- S/V alquimista, one person on board, adrift in vicinity 31-00.08S 048-09.42W on 26 apr2019-04-26
- Vessel alemao pescados reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 32-44S 049-03W2016-11-15
- S/V tunante II, four persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 32-46S 049-37W at 261831Z aug2014-08-27
- S/V rollerman unreported2011-12-03
- Man overboard vicinity 33-34S 045-57W at 030600Z jun2011-06-06
- Vessel torres del paine reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 33-23S 047-13W2009-09-30
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 22:54Z; 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.