M/V sydpolen reports sick crewman requiring medical assistance in 04-50N 044-18W at 051245Z nov
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1906/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-11-19 11:13Z
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 53/08 061828Z NOV 08.. Issued 2008-11-06 23:30Z. 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 4.833, -44.300. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1906/08, 1972/08, 1973/08 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-11-06 23:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V SAR 53/08 061828Z NOV 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V SAR
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 4.833, -44.300
- vessel
- M/V SYDPOLEN
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V SYDPOLEN REPORTS SICK CREWMAN REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN 04-50N 044-18W AT 051245Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
19 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 on 406 mhz in vicinity 06-00.22N 046-45.04W at 171814Z jun2023-06-17
- Distress signal received from M/V paramaconi in 07-24.8N 044-40.7W on 27 jul2019-07-28
- F/V santa fe, six persons on board, disabled and adrift2016-09-14
- M/V militos reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 06-27N 046-24W at 261210Z sep2014-09-26
- Vessel rough bounds, one person on board, unreported2013-05-13
- Derelict eight meter vessel areva, orange hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 04-18N 044-30W at 181530Z apr2009-04-19
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 11:54Z; 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.