Distress signal received from M/V wildebeest in 04-00N 007-44E at 200650Z oct
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1930/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2007-10-21 09:31Z
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 GRIS NEZ 201139Z OCT 06.. Issued 2006-10-20 11:59Z. 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
- Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 4.000, 7.733. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 1930/06 · this notice2006-10-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 461/072007-03-22 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2006-10-20 11:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC GRIS NEZ 201139Z OCT 06.
- issued by
- MRCC GRIS NEZ
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 4.000, 7.733
- vessel
- M/V WILDEBEEST
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V WILDEBEEST IN 04-00N 007-44E AT 200650Z OCT. VESSELS IN VINICITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ, TELEX: 421 30680, PHONE: 333 218 72187, FAX: 333 218 77855.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
14 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.
- M/V lct evelia, 13 persons on board, sank in between douala (04-03-00N 009-41-00E) and libreville (00-23-24N…2019-07-09
- F/V fish hunter, four persons on board, in need of assistance in 03-02.52N 009-39.52E2018-03-23
- M/V, 25 persons on board, possibly hijacked in 04-03.22N 007-13.50E at 071904Z feb2017-02-08
- Vessel attacked in 04-07.33N 005-24.12E at 112156Z apr2016-04-12
- Distress signal received from vessel prime empress in 04-05.22N 008-11.49E at 130714Z jul2014-07-13
- Man overboard from M/V frio antarctic vicinity 03-22.9N 009-14.7E at 030830Z jun2011-06-03
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
- Aids to navigationNav aids · 3.4 nm
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 45.6 nm
- Dangerous wreck in 04-18.50N 007-02.20EWrecks · 45.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 21:55Z; 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.