Distress signal received in 34-04.6N 028-20.0W at 171705Z aug
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2018/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-08-24 10:22Z
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) · JRCC STAVANGER 171857Z AUG 13.. Issued 2013-08-17 19:48Z. 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 34.077, -28.333. 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
- 2013-08-17 19:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC STAVANGER 171857Z AUG 13.
- issued by
- JRCC STAVANGER
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 34.077, -28.333
- 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 IN 34-04.6N 028-20.0W AT 171705Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA, 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
12 within 180 nm since 1995 · 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.
- Derelict liferaft adrift vicinity 32-12N 025-44W on 20 oct2014-10-20
- Distress signal received from vessel demas victory in 35-29.6N 026-11.2W at 131706Z oct2014-10-13
- 36 foot S/V aspis, white hull, unreported caribbean sea to canary islands2014-06-19
- 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 121.5 mhz in 34-00N 030-00W at 301500Z aug2012-08-30
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 2026-10-02 04:35Z; 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.