Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard in 20-46.4S 034-54.1W on 26 jul

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1443/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-08-22 09:37Z

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 SAR 117/09 312028Z JUL 09.. Issued 2009-07-31 21:22Z. 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 -20.773, -34.902. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2009-07-31 21:22Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA V SAR 117/09 312028Z JUL 09.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by: NAVAREA V SAR
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -20.773, -34.902
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MAN OVERBOARD IN 20-46.4S 034-54.1W ON 26 JUL.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

Reading this warning

Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.

All warning terms →

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

13 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

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S/V polska miedz unreported2012-04-06
Man overboard in 20-46.4S 034-54.1W on 10 oct2009-10-11
Man overboard from vessel in 19-17.4S 036-10.2W at 210600Z feb2009-02-22
Distress signal received vicinity 20-54.23S 037-40.13W at 261317Z sep2008-09-27
Distress signal received vicinity 21-00.43S 037-37.60W at 261200Z sep2008-09-26

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

18.3 meter depth reported in 20-35.71S 034-46.07WWrecks · 13.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:49Z; 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.