Distress signal received from M/V sun danco in 19-18N 018-00W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1903/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-11-27 10:18Z
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 DAKAR 061454Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-06 18:32Z. 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 19.300, -18.000. 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
- 2010-10-06 18:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC DAKAR 061454Z OCT 10.
- issued by
- MRCC DAKAR
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 19.300, -18.000
- vessel
- M/V SUN DANCO
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AFRICA-NORTHWEST COAST. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V SUN DANCO IN 19-18N 018-00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC MAURITANIA, PHONE: 222 524 1521, FAX: 222 524 2593.
Reading this warning
- 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)
45 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 from vessel in 20-53.10N 017-04.40W at 151410 nov2023-11-15
- Distress signal received in 20-19.73N 017-37.27W at 230930Z aug2023-08-23
- 15 meter vessel, numerous persons on board, on fire in 21-40.00N 018-02.00W2023-06-01
- Canoe, brown and white hull, six persons on board, overdue from nouadhibou (20-56.00N 017-02.00W) and return2022-12-09
- Vessel, 100 persons on board, unreported2022-07-30
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 2026-10-03 21:44Z; 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.