Incidents · disabled

140 foot F/V roy christian, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 37-40.51N 069-33.14W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1352/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-07-07 14:33Z

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 0/23 180323Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-18 03:53Z. 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 37.675, -69.552. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2023-06-18 03:53Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC NORFOLK 0/23 180323Z JUN 23.
issued by
RCC NORFOLK
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
37.675, -69.552
vessel
F/V ROY CHRISTIAN
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 17.
140 FOOT F/V ROY CHRISTIAN, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD,
DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 37-40.51N 069-33.14W. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC NORFOLK,
PHONE: 757 398 6231,
FAX: 757 398 6392,
EMAIL: RCCNORFOLK@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.

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

77 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:41Z; 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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