Distress signal received in 11-21.19N 081-24.76W
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 180/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-02-10 14:29Z
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 PANAMA 0/23 221817Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-22 18:27Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 11.353, -81.413. 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 Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-01-22 18:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC PANAMA 0/23 221817Z JAN 23.
- issued by
- RCC PANAMA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 11.353, -81.413
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. DNC 14. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 11-21.19N 081-24.76W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC PANAMA, PHONE: 507 520 6299, E-MAIL: BUSQUEDAYRESCATE@AERONAVAL.GOB.PA.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
43 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Distress signal received in vicinity 12-31.00N 081-40.00W at 010800Z apr2023-04-01
- Colombia to nicaragua2022-10-18
- S/V vanett, two persons on board, adrift in 12-43.80N 079-50.10W at 041800Z jul2022-07-04
- Vessel varuna, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift in 12-51.79N 081-21.85W2022-07-04
- Vessel vanett, two persons on board, taking on water in 12-17.30N 078-51.37W2022-07-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V kole sere in 14-13.80N 080-53.70W2022-06-09
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:35Z; 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.