Distress signal received in 11-39S 013-19E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2351/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-08-14 12:11Z
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) · UK COAST GUARD 270738Z JUL 20.. Issued 2020-07-27 07:44Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -11.650, 13.317. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2020-07-27 07:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UK COAST GUARD 270738Z JUL 20.
- issued by
- UK COAST GUARD
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -11.650, 13.317
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. ANGOLA. DNC 01. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 11-39S 013-19E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO UK COAST GUARD, PHONE: 44 344 382 0025, FAX: 4413 2924 4547, E-MAIL: UKMRCC@HMCG.GOV.UK.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
13 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 406 mhz in 12-30S 011-30E at 221758Z oct2017-10-22
- Distress signal received from M/V ngol cunene in 08-43.7S 013-17.6E2017-10-17
- Distress signals received on 406 mhz from F/V alistado IV in: a. 10-28.96S 012-59.15E2016-09-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V alistado IV in 10-28.21S 012-57.32E2016-09-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-46.51S 013-13.03E2015-06-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-36-53S 013-12-55E2011-09-17
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 04:32Z; 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.