Last known position 00-22N 037-58W at 221330Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2042/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2005-02-09 16:14Z
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) · NAVAREA V 985/04 222146Z DEC 04.. Issued 2004-12-22 22:16Z. 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 0.367, -37.967. 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
- 2004-12-22 22:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V 985/04 222146Z DEC 04.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 0.367, -37.967
- vessel
- M/V VEBELGA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V VEBELGA, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION 00-22N 037-58W AT 221330Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
16 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 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.
- F/V se pescados, six persons on board, unreported2026-09-01
- Six persons missing from F/V s e pescados in vicinity 00-34.88N 038-24.10W on 27 aug2026-08-30
- Man overboard from vessel in 00-24S 040-09W on 19 jul2020-07-20
- Distress signal received from vessel in 00-40.0N 037-42.2W on 17 jul2017-07-18
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from eight meter vessel oytech, pink and white hull, one person on…2009-04-18
- M/V sinfonia reports person requiring medical assistance vicinity 00-12N 036-04W at 191426Z mar2007-03-19
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 2026-10-04 01:18Z; 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.