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Distress signal received from vessel joe griffin in 23-39.20S 042-24.52W on 23 aug

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1890/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-09-08 16:11Z

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) · NAVAREA V SAR 138/23 240310Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-24 03:29Z. 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 -23.653, -42.409. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL.
DNC 01.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL JOE GRIFFIN
IN 23-39.20S 042-24.52W ON 23 AUG. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC RIO,
EMAIL: MRCCRIO@MARINHA.MIL.BR.

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.

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

280 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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 vessel in 24-34.60S 045-25.70W on 14 aug2026-08-16
Distress signal received from vessel in 24-37.00S 045-31.00W on 30 apr2024-04-30
Man overboard from vessel in 24-06.28S 045-07.53W at 300001Z dec2023-12-30
M/V bp tornado V, two persons on board, unreported last known position in 23-00.98S 041-59.85W on 12 nov2023-12-04
Vessel sinking2023-11-20
7.5 meter F/V torpedo IV, blue and white, unreported2023-11-12

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

Hazardous operations in progress until 060400Z jun 27 in area bound by 24-39.87S 042-29.30W, 24-39.78S…Exercises · 60 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:56Z; 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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