Red flare sighted vicinity 52-10N 005-20W at 260300Z
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel · HYDROLANT 1530/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-05-26 08:53Z
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 AOR-E EGC #371 260434Z MAY 01. Issued 2001-05-26 04:55Z. 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
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. The parsed report position is 52.167, -5.333. 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
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- issued
- 2001-05-26 04:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC AOR-E EGC #371 260434Z MAY 01
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
- position
- 52.167, -5.333
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
RED FLARE SIGHTED VICINITY 52-10N 005-20W AT 260300Z. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MILFORD HAVEN.
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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
206 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.
- Fishing gear, marked by buoys, abandoned in 53-30.10N 004-12.70W2024-04-22
- Fishing gear, marked by buoys, abandoned in 50-12.57N 004-36.15W2024-01-02
- Cgoc falmouth mf dsc and r/t services at scilly isle site 49-55.7N 006-18.2W unreliable2023-11-25
- 14 meter long tree adrift in vicinity 53-39.90N 006-02.80W at 150840Z aug2023-08-15
- Cgoc falmouth mf r/t services at scilly isle site in 49-55.70N 006-18.20W at reduced power2023-07-18
- Large wooden objects reported adrift in vicinity 51-29.30N 007-24.20W at 261629Z jun2023-06-26
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
22 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:11Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.