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Red flare sighted in 14-19.42N 061-37.50W at 300008Z jul

Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 2433/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-08-17 15:14Z

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 300618Z JUL 18.. Issued 2018-07-30 06:40Z. 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 14.324, -61.625. 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 Caribbean Sea →

issued
2018-07-30 06:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 300618Z JUL 18.
issued by
MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
14.324, -61.625
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
MARTINIQUE.
DNC 14.
RED FLARE SIGHTED IN 14-19.42N 061-37.50W AT
300008Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO
KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE,
INMARSAT-C: 422799024, TELEX: 42912008,
PHONE: 5965 9670 9292, FAX: 5965 9663 2450,
E-MAIL: ANTILLES@MRCCFR.EU.

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.
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.
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 · other warnings

40 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

21 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 01:52Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.