Incidents · disabled

82 meter M/V libertad 1, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 14-20.8N 073-20.1W

Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 1951/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-08-23 09:56Z

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) · RCC MIAMI 151934Z AUG 14.. Issued 2014-08-16 06:34Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 14.347, -73.335. 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 1946/142014-08-15 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 1951/14 · this notice2014-08-16 · Archived notice
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issued
2014-08-16 06:34Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC MIAMI 151934Z AUG 14.
issued by
RCC MIAMI
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
14.347, -73.335
vessel
M/V LIBERTAD 1 · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
1. 82 METER M/V LIBERTAD 1, NINE PERSONS ON BOARD,
   DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 14-20.8N 073-20.1W.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
   A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD RCC MIAMI,
   PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1946/14.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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)

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Incidents

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