38 foot S/V iona of fife, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to power failure in 50-18.07N…
Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 1449/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-06-04 04:46Z
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 UK 0/22 032127Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-03 21:37Z. 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
- Celtic Sea. The parsed report position is 50.301, -8.835. 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
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V iona of fife in 50-20.07N 008-50.60W at 031707Z juncancelled by this notice
- 38 foot S/V iona of fife, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 50-13.80N…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 1448/222022-06-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1449/22 · this notice2022-06-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1451/222022-06-04 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2022-06-03 21:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC UK 0/22 032127Z JUN 22.
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- Celtic Sea
- position
- 50.301, -8.835
- vessel
- S/V IONA OF FIFE · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CELTIC SEA. IRELAND. DNC 19. 1. 38 FOOT S/V IONA OF FIFE, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO POWER FAILURE IN 50-18.07N 008-50.07W AT 032055Z JUN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC UK, PHONE: 4434 4382 0025, E-MAIL: UKMRCC@HMCG.GOV.UK. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1448/22.
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.
- 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)
125 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 49-00.00N 007-15.00W2024-05-10
- Distress signal received in 48-51.20N 008-00.10W at 271344Z apr2024-04-27
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V pedra blanca in 48-53.167N 008-51.183W2023-12-01
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V pedra blanca in 48-57.49N 009-15.83W2023-12-01
- 33 foot F/V maverick, grey hull, two persons on board, overdue newlynn (50-06.00N 005-32.40W) to isles of…2023-09-15
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 50-53.40N 013-06.30W at 311209Z aug2023-08-31
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 10:57Z; 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.