Distress signal received in 23-27.00N 016-53.00W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1714/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-18 15:26Z
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) · MRCC LAS PALMAS 0/23 021419Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-02 14:25Z. 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 23.450, -16.883. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-08-02 14:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC LAS PALMAS 0/23 021419Z AUG 23.
- issued by
- MRCC LAS PALMAS
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 23.450, -16.883
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. WESTERN SAHARA. DNC 01. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 23-27.00N 016-53.00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC LAS PALMAS, PHONE: 349 2846 7955, E-MAIL: LASPALMAS@SAASEMAR.ES.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
42 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Man overboard from M/V maersk seletar in vicinity 22-00N 019-00W2024-05-07
- Distress signal received in vicinity 23-30.00N 017-30.00W at 150918Z apr2024-04-15
- Distress signal received in vicinity 24-55.70N 015-02.80W at 281715Z mar2024-03-28
- Distress signal received from vessel in 26-00.00N 017-00.00W at 070330Z mar2024-03-07
- Distress signal received from vessel in 20-53.10N 017-04.40W at 151410 nov2023-11-15
- Vessel, 100 persons on board, overdue to canary islands2023-10-29
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
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 65.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:12Z; 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.