38 foot S/V iona of fife, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 50-13.80N…
Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 1451/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-06-04 11:26Z
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 040440Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-04 04:46Z. 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 50.230, -8.922. 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
- 38 foot S/V iona of fife, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to power failure in 50-18.07N…cancelled by this notice
- 38 foot S/V iona of fife, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to power failure in vicinity…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 1449/222022-06-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1451/22 · this notice2022-06-04 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2022-06-04 04:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC UK 0/22 040440Z JUN 22.
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- Celtic Sea
- position
- 50.230, -8.922
- 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 ENGINE FAILURE IN 50-13.80N 008-55.30W AT 040238Z 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 1449/22.
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)
126 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 10:23Z; 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.