Vessel buccaneer taking on water and crew abandoning ship in 21-37.43N 033-54.59W at 140949Z jan
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 141/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-01-15 17:01Z
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) · UKMRCC 141150Z JAN 14.. Issued 2014-01-14 12:07Z. 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 21.624, -33.910. 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
- Vessel buccaneer taking on water and crew abandoning ship in 28-35.19N 033-59.98Wcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROLANT 2305/12later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROLANT 137/142014-01-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 141/14 · this notice2014-01-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 159/142014-01-15 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-01-14 12:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC 141150Z JAN 14.
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 21.624, -33.910
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. VESSEL BUCCANEER TAKING ON WATER AND CREW ABANDONING SHIP IN 21-37.43N 033-54.59W AT 140949Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGARDA, PHONE: 351 2962 81777, FAX: 351 2962 05239. E-MAIL: MRCC.DELGADA@GMAIL.COM. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 137/14.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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)
14 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- 30 foot S/V katua, white hull, two persons on board, overdue la gomera (28-06N 017-08W) to sao vicente…2017-03-08
- 12 meter S/V alexandra, three person on board, unreported las palmas (28-07.5N 015-25.7W) to guadelope…2016-12-23
- 14 meter S/V swing o jack, four persons on board, overdue las palmas (28-09N 015-25W) to pointe a pitre…2016-12-19
- S/V shinding, white hull with yellow stripe, three persons on board, overdue lanzarote (29-02N 013-38W) to…2015-05-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-15.7N 032-48.4W2015-01-29
- 10.1 meter S/V hakuna matata, white hull, unreported vicinity 22-00N 033-00W2015-01-08
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 02:28Z; 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.