Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz within 11 miles of 48-44.16N 014-47.90W at 122007Z sep
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1488/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-09-13 09:51Z
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 122040Z SEP 04.. Issued 2004-09-12 21:11Z. 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 48.736, -14.798 with a 11.0 nm radius. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2004-09-12 21:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC 122040Z SEP 04.
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 48.736, -14.798 · r 11.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ WITHIN 11 MILES OF 48-44.16N 014-47.90W AT 122007Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FALMOUTH.
Reading this warning
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
72 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 50-53.40N 013-06.30W at 311209Z aug2023-08-31
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 50-54.10N 013-09.90W at 311209Z aug2023-08-31
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 47-17.30N 011-00.80W at 200817Z apr2023-04-20
- Derelict vessel white and red hull capsized and adrift in vicinity 47-57.00N 012-06.00W at 101230Z jan2023-01-10
- 12 meter S/V alice reports person with serious infection requiring medical assistance in 47-50.00N…2022-07-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 47-47.2N 010-32.0W at 161021Z dec2021-12-16
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
- Pap odas buoy relocated to 48-56.30N 016-22.50WNav aids · 63.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 01:57Z; 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.