Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 45-32N 001-29W
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2221/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-09-28 09:45Z
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 ETEL FRANCE AOR-E EGC #820 111826Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-11 19:24Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 45.533, -1.483. 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 Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2001-08-11 19:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ETEL FRANCE AOR-E EGC #820 111826Z AUG 01
- issued by
- MRCC ETEL FRANCE AOR-E EGC
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 45.533, -1.483
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ VICINITY 45-32N 001-29W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ETEL, TELEX: 42950519, PHONE: 332 9755 3535, FAX: 332 9755 4934.
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)
84 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.
- Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz in 45-11.00N 002-30.20W2023-11-02
- S/V isabelle II, two persons on board, overdue la coruna (43-21.44N 008-24.41W) to belle ile island…2022-08-31
- 12 meter S/V el ordago, white and blue hull, one person on board, overdue from hondarribia (43-22.00N…2022-08-05
- Bat of biscay2022-08-03
- Distress signal received from five meter M/V zaragata primer, white hull, in vicinity 44-00N 003-00W2018-08-02
- Six meter S/V minnie, white hull with green bow and stern, one person on board, overdue from la rochelle…2018-06-12
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 2026-10-03 06:34Z; 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.