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Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 34-00N 030-00W at 301500Z aug

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2003/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-09-08 09:37Z

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 DELGADA 301830Z AUG 12.. Issued 2012-08-30 22:48Z. 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 34.000, -30.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2012-08-30 22:48Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC DELGADA 301830Z AUG 12.
issued by: MRCC DELGADA
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 34.000, -30.000
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ IN
34-00N 030-00W AT 301500Z AUG. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA,
TELEX: 12587, PHONE: 35 129 628 1777,
FAX: 35 129 620 5239.

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.

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

8 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.

Saint martin to france2014-08-05
Distress signal received in 34-04.6N 028-20.0W at 171705Z aug2013-08-17
Derelict liferaft adrift vicinity 32-43N 031-17W at 220056Z apr2013-04-22
Distress signal received in 31-59.0N 027-26.2W at 031155Z feb2013-02-03
Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 31-58.5N 028-24.6W at 211232Z dec2008-12-21
Man overboard from M/V cape york vicinity 33-55N 026-29W2007-10-04

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-10-02 04:33Z; 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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