S/V mithrandir, 29 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2380/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-09-26 07:09Z
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 260514Z SEP 13.. Issued 2013-09-26 06:27Z. 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 9.000, -30.000. 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
- S/V mithrandir, 29 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure vicinity 09-48N 030-17Wlater 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 2380/13 · this notice2013-09-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2381/132013-09-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2435/132013-10-02 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-09-26 06:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC DAKAR 260514Z SEP 13.
- issued by
- MRCC DAKAR
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 9.000, -30.000
- vessel
- S/V MITHRANDIR · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. SENEGAL TO CARIBBEAN. S/V MITHRANDIR, 29 PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. SEVEN CREWMAN REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE VICINITY 09-00N 030-00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DAKAR, PHONE: 2213 3826 5001, 2217 7740 6313, FAX: 2213 3826 5000, E-MAIL: MARINENAT@ORANGE.SN.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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)
7 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.
- Vessel calvao reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 07-24.03N 029-32.03W2024-03-17
- S/V mithrandir, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure vicinity 10-00N 030-00W2013-10-02
- S/V mithrandir, 29 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure vicinity 09-48N 030-17W2013-09-26
- Distress signal received from M/V zhen hua 16 in 07-42N 031-20W at 110630Z may2008-05-11
- Vessel reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 09-00N 032-00W at 041524Z sep2003-09-04
- Six meter vessel, one person on board, requests assistance vicinity 11-07N 030-22W2000-02-08
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 01:42Z; 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.