Incidents · distress

Distress signal received from vessel aventura cayman in 30-00.14N 078-39.21W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1541/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-07-05 08:32Z

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) · RCC MIAMI 231318Z JUN 14.. Issued 2014-06-23 13:27Z. 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 30.002, -78.653. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL AVENTURA CAYMAN
IN 30-00.14N 078-39.21W. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF
POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD MIAMI,
PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.

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.
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.

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

112 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.

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31 foot F/V carol ann, teal hull, overdue2023-10-21
41 foot F/V carol anne, blue and white hull, 03 persons on board, overdue2023-10-21
Distress signal received in 29-11.60N 080-14.90W2023-10-13
Distress signal received from 36 foot F/V lady diane in 31-24.72N 080-11.60W2023-09-28

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

Broadcast and communication services unreliable at uscg remote communication facilities: a. boston 41-43.00N…Nav aids · 76.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:47Z; 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.