Incidents · sinking

37 foot S/V happy, white hull, two persons on board, sinking in 48-05.76N 035-21.02W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1813/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-06-30 10:41Z

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) · JRCC HALIFAX 091900Z JUN 17.. Issued 2017-06-09 19:31Z. 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 48.096, -35.350. 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 1803/172017-06-09 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 1813/17 · this notice2017-06-09 · Archived notice
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issued
2017-06-09 19:31Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC HALIFAX 091900Z JUN 17.
issued by
JRCC HALIFAX
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
48.096, -35.350
vessel
S/V HAPPY · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 08, DNC 19.
1. 37 FOOT S/V HAPPY, WHITE HULL, TWO PERSONS
   ON BOARD, SINKING IN 48-05.76N 035-21.02W.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
   LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
   JRCC HALIFAX, PHONE: 902 427 8200,
   FAX: 902 427 2114,
   E-MAIL: JRCCHALIFAX@SARNET.DND.CA.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1803/17.

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.
Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

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

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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 02:09Z; 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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