Incidents · grounding

Vessel clipper ventures, four persons on board, aground in 23-03.80S 043-46.89W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2445/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-10-04 09:05Z

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) · NAVAREA V SAR 123/15 300818Z SEP 15.. Issued 2015-09-30 14:30Z. 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 -23.063, -43.782. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST.
DNC 01.
VESSEL CLIPPER VENTURES, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD,
AGROUND IN 23-03.80S 043-46.89W. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

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.
Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

281 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.

Man overboard from vessel in 24-34.60S 045-25.70W on 14 aug2026-08-16
Distress signal received from vessel in 24-37.00S 045-31.00W on 30 apr2024-04-30
Man overboard from vessel in 24-06.28S 045-07.53W at 300001Z dec2023-12-30
M/V bp tornado V, two persons on board, unreported last known position in 23-00.98S 041-59.85W on 12 nov2023-12-04
Vessel sinking2023-11-20
7.5 meter F/V torpedo IV, blue and white, unreported2023-11-12

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

Hazardous operations in progress until 060400Z jun 27 in area bound by 24-39.87S 042-29.30W, 24-39.78S…Exercises · 118.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:40Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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