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Crewman with serious burns requiring medical assistance on board M/V freeport minor in 27-35S 031-04W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1585/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-08-02 06:05Z

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) · NAVAREA V 613/99 AOR-E EGC #811 010404Z AUG 99. Issued 1999-08-01 05:47Z. 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
South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -27.583, -31.067. 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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  1. HYDROLANT 1585/99 · this notice1999-08-01 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 1594/991999-08-02 · Archived notice
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issued
1999-08-01 05:47Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA V 613/99 AOR-E EGC #811 010404Z AUG 99
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-27.583, -31.067
vessel
M/V FREEPORT MINOR · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CREWMAN WITH SERIOUS BURNS REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
ON BOARD M/V FREEPORT MINOR IN 27-35S 031-04W. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.

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.
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)

11 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 11:51Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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