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12 meter S/V alice reports person with serious infection requiring medical assistance in 47-50.00N…

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1687/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-07-22 14:13Z

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) · UK COAST GUARD 0/22 032251Z JUL 22.. Issued 2022-07-04 00:03Z. 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 47.833, -17.100. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2022-07-04 00:03Z
status: Archived notice
authority: UK COAST GUARD 0/22 032251Z JUL 22.
issued by: UK COAST GUARD
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 47.833, -17.100
vessel: S/V ALICE · 2 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 08.
12 METER S/V ALICE REPORTS PERSON WITH
SERIOUS INFECTION REQUIRING MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE IN 47-50.00N 017-06.00W AT 032113Z JUL.
VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO UK COAST GUARD,
PHONE: 4434 4382 0028, 44 344 382 0025,
FAX: 4413 2924 4547,
E-MAIL: UKMRCC@HMCG.GOV.UK

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.
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.
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)

54 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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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Pap odas buoy relocated to 48-56.30N 016-22.50WNav aids · 72.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:31Z; source collection times vary.

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