Distress signal received in 59-49.83N 094-38.21W
Hudson Bay · HYDROLANT 2125/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-07-27 13:56Z
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) · PRESCOTT MCTS 090915Z JUL 17.. Issued 2017-07-09 09:36Z. 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
- Hudson Bay. The parsed report position is 59.831, -94.637. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 2079/17, 2119/17, 2123/17, 2124/17, 2125/17, 2126/17, 2129/17, 2134/17, 2146/17, 2150/17,…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 2125/17 · this notice2017-07-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROARC 135/172017-07-09 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2017-07-09 09:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PRESCOTT MCTS 090915Z JUL 17.
- issued by
- PRESCOTT MCTS
- sea
- Hudson Bay
- position
- 59.831, -94.637
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
HUDSON BAY. CANADA. DNC 28. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 59-49.83N 094-38.21W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC TRENTON, TELEX: 210662282, PHONE: 613 965 3870, FAX: 613 965 7190.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
8 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.
- Distress signal received in 59-49.83N 094-38.21W2017-07-09
- 18 foot M/V, aluminum hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 59-59N 093-57W2014-07-20
- 18 foot M/V, aluminum hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 59-59N 093-57W2014-07-20
- 14 foot vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue whale cove (62-10-22N 092-34-46W) to rankin inlet…2012-08-02
- 18 foot vessel, white hull, three persons on board, overdue arviat (61-06.5N 094-03.4W)2012-07-24
- 18 foot vessel, white hull, three persons on board, overdue arviat (61-06.5N 094-03.4W)2012-07-24
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 02:53Z; 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.