Distress signal received from M/V terry vicinity 19-00.2N 021-02.9W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2107/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-01-17 10:27Z
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 DAKAR 071634Z DEC 08.. Issued 2008-12-07 16:44Z. 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 19.003, -21.048. 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
- 2008-12-07 16:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC DAKAR 071634Z DEC 08.
- issued by
- MRCC DAKAR
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 19.003, -21.048
- vessel
- M/V TERRY · 8 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V TERRY VICINITY 19-00.2N 021-02.9W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DAKAR, PHONE: 221 826 5001, FAX: 221 826 5000.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
15 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.
- Man overboard from vessel in 21-21.70N 021-00.30W at 100005Z jan2024-01-10
- Distress signal received from S/V esplendid uno in 21-21.67N 021-51.73W2023-12-05
- M/V, two persons on board, and liferaft, three persons on board, requesting assistance in 20-13.06N…2022-06-03
- F/V cap atlantic, 30 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 16-53.60N 021-52.40W at 051600Z may2022-05-06
- Vessel, 100 persons on board, adrift in 17-41N 018-37W at 281200Z oct2020-10-29
- Distress signal received from S/V tina princess in 21-24.3N 022-02.0W2019-04-18
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 04:04Z; 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.