Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V prince de bretagne, one person on board, in 19-40.5S 024-29.6W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 251/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-01-29 00:21Z
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 GRIS NEZ 271611Z JAN 14.. Issued 2014-01-27 16:39Z. 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 -19.675, -24.493. 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 meter S/V prince de bretagne, one person on board, capsized and adrift in 19-35S 025-03W at 282200Z janlater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROLANT 251/14 · this notice2014-01-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 265/142014-01-29 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-01-27 16:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC GRIS NEZ 271611Z JAN 14.
- issued by
- MRCC GRIS NEZ
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -19.675, -24.493
- vessel
- S/V PRINCE DE BRETAGNE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH ATLANTIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM S/V PRINCE DE BRETAGNE, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, IN 19-40.5S 024-29.6W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ, TELEX: 42130680, PHONE: 333 2187 2187, FAX: 333 2187 7855, E-MAIL: GRIS-NEZ@MRCCFR.EU.
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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
8 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Man overboard from vessel in 21-56.20S 022-56.50W2023-10-05
- 11 meter S/V, white hull, one person on board, sinking in 21-50.50S 022-54.70W2023-10-05
- Distress signal received from vessel cresty reporting crewman requiring medical assistance in 20-06.1S…2022-04-02
- 24 meter S/V prince de bretagne, one person on board, capsized and adrift in 19-35S 025-03W at 282200Z jan2014-01-29
- Distress signal received in 17-17S 024-06W2006-02-04
- Derelict vessel bonobo, white and yellow hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 19-17.5S 024-09.8W at 242345Z oct2003-10-25
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 2026-10-02 09:03Z; 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.