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Tristan da cunha

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1797/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-11-12 10:16Z

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) · CAPE TOWN MARITIME RADIO 311000Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-31 11:47Z. 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 -37.117, -12.283. 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: 2011-10-31 11:47Z
status: Archived notice
authority: CAPE TOWN MARITIME RADIO 311000Z OCT 11.
issued by: CAPE TOWN MARITIME RADIO
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -37.117, -12.283
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH ATLANTIC.
TRISTAN DA CUNHA.
PERSON REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ON
TRISTAN DA CUNHA (37-07S 012-17W). VESSELS
IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDEVAC TO
CAPE TOWN REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO CAPE TOWN MARITIME RADIO,
E-MAIL: MARITIMERADIO@IXMAIL.CO.ZA.

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)

6 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:37Z; 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) →

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