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Distress signal recieved vicinity 44-08N 048-00W at 270120Z jan

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 251/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-02-09 11:38Z

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 BOSTON 280257Z JAN 13.. Issued 2013-01-28 03:18Z. 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 44.133, -48.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2013-01-28 03:18Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC BOSTON 280257Z JAN 13.
issued by: RCC BOSTON
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 44.133, -48.000
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECIEVED VICINITY 44-08N 048-00W 
AT 270120Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. 
REPORTS TO RCC BOSTON, PHONE: 617 223 8555, 
E-MAIL: RCCBOSTON@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

Distress signal received: A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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

29 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

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21 foot submarine, white hull, overdue2023-06-18
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-17.90N 049-55.30W at 240218Z dec2022-12-24
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 41-29.47N 049-01.47W2022-12-18
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 44-49.50N 050-42.20W2022-12-05
Fire reported on vessel in vicinity 45-00.60N 045-34.00W2022-09-02

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 2026-09-24 14:16Z; 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) →

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