Incidents · overdue

S/V gypsy II, three persons on board, unreported imbituba (28-09.4S 048-40.2W) to mar del plata (38-02.4S…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2196/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-07-08 01:30Z

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 VI 299/18 071422Z JUL 18.. Issued 2018-07-06 14:22Z. 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: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -33.098, -53.101. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL TO ARGENTINA.
DNC 01, DNC 07.
S/V GYPSY II, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED
IMBITUBA (28-09.4S 048-40.2W) TO
MAR DEL PLATA (38-02.4S 057-31.9W). VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
MRCC PUERTO BELGRANO, INMARSAT-C: 470100125,
PHONE: 5429 3248 7150, 5429 3248 7162 OR
ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

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.
Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

71 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 32-10.00S 052-02.00W at 170030Z sep2023-09-17
Man overboard from vessel in 31-04.00S 050-32.00W at 031843Z jul2023-07-04
Man overboard from vessel in 32-34.47S 052-16.13W on 06 aug2021-08-07
Man overboard from vessel in 32-37.77S 052-24.60W on 07 nov2019-11-08
Man overboard from vessel in 31-20.68S 051-52.92W on 16 nov2018-11-16
Man overboard in 32-40.00S 052-05.95W on 04 nov2018-11-05

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

Odas buoy temporarily established in 32-14.29S 051-58.16WNav aids · 77.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:03Z; 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.