Distress signal received from S/V rzeszowiak in 61-25N 009-39W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2041/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-09-04 12:31Z
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) · UKMRCC 040843Z SEP 12.. Issued 2012-09-04 09:04Z. 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 61.417, -9.650. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
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Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-09-04 09:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC 040843Z SEP 12.
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 61.417, -9.650
- vessel
- S/V RZESZOWIAK · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. FAROE ISLANDS. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM S/V RZESZOWIAK IN 61-25N 009-39W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC TORSHAVEN, INMARSAT-C: 492888021, PHONE: 29 835 1300, FAX: 29 835 1301, E-MAIL: MRCC@MRCC.FO.
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.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
18 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
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- Distress signal received from vessel in 59-20.47N 007-38.73W at 220126Z oct2023-10-22
- Distress signal received in area within eight miles of 58-44.98N 007-45.00W2022-10-27
- Distress signal received in vicinity 58-45.00N 007-45.00W at 270025Z oct2022-10-27
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 60-26.33N 010-29.93W at 200702Z sep2022-09-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V eysturbugvin in 60-04.8N 007-32.1W at 140415Z apr2022-04-14
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 13:43Z; 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.