18 foot vessel los amigos, red and white hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 249/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-02-17 14:41Z
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) · RCC MIAMI 0/23 310510Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-31 05:17Z. 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 24.113, -78.295. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-01-31 05:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 0/23 310510Z JAN 23.
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 24.113, -78.295
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
OLD BAHAMA CHANNEL. BAHAMAS. DNC 15. 18 FOOT VESSEL LOS AMIGOS, RED AND WHITE HULL, SEVEN PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 24-06.81N 078-17.71W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: JRCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
165 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- 21 foot vessel, one person on board, overdue2024-05-07
- Distress signal received in 23-46.70N 075-31.30W2024-04-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 67 meter M/V master ru in vicinity 25-34.87N 078-34.87W2024-04-23
- Distress signal received from 52 foot M/V sick leave in vicinity 25-54.00N 078-39.00W2024-04-12
- Man overboard in 26-11.70N 079-24.10W2024-01-27
- Distress signal received from F/V patriot in 24-46.80N 079-41.40W2024-01-03
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 2026-10-01 23:03Z; 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.