Man overboard from F/V mess b vicinity 18-14N 063-34W at 291600Z feb
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 243/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-02-18 10:41Z
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 FORT DE FRANCE 301132Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-01-30 12:32Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 18.233, -63.567. 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
- 24 foot M/V mess b, green hull with yellow stripe, three persons on board, unreported anguilla (18-12.5N…cancelled by this 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 234/122012-01-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 243/12 · this notice2012-01-30 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2012-01-30 12:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 301132Z FEB 12.
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.233, -63.567
- vessel
- F/V MESS B · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. 1. MAN OVERBOARD FROM F/V MESS B VICINITY 18-14N 063-34W AT 291600Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, TELEX: 42912008, PHONE: 59 659 670 9292, FAX: 59 659 663 2450. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 234/12.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
174 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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 20-53.00N 064-10.00W2024-05-02
- 32 foot S/V sensation, three persons on board, overdue guadeloupe (16-15.00N 061-30.00W) and return2024-04-22
- 13 meter F/V one love, white and grey hull, three persons on board, overdue saint john's (17-07.80N…2024-04-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-00.00N 064-45.00W2024-03-11
- 40 foot S/V epipapu 2, white hull, two persons on board, overdue saint barthelemy (17-53.60N 062-48.10W) to…2024-03-03
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in vicinity 16-12.5N 062-28.8W at 100001Z oct2023-10-10
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:47Z; 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.