Distress signal received from S/V sergio tacchini, one person on board, vicinity 37-35N 017-35W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2521/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-11-17 03:05Z
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) · UKMRCC AOR-E EGC#097 161000Z NOV 02. Issued 2002-11-16 10:10Z. 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 37.583, -17.583. 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
- Distress signal received from S/V sergio tacchini, one person on board, vicinity 38-04.3N 017-30.3Wcancelled by this notice
- RACON at tuskar rock light 52-12N 006-12W unreliablelater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 2516/022002-11-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2521/02 · this notice2002-11-16 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2002-11-16 10:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC AOR-E EGC#097 161000Z NOV 02
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 37.583, -17.583
- vessel
- S/V SERGIO TACCHINI · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM S/V SERGIO TACCHINI, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, VICINITY 37-35N 017-35W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA, TELEX: 40482479, PHONE: 351 2962 81777, FAX: 351 2962 05239. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2516/02.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
12 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Derelict S/V capsized and adrift in vicinity 40-27.43N 017-47.31W at 090457Z nov2018-11-09
- 11.5 meter S/V red heol, yellow hull, one person on board, overdue porto (41-10N 008-37W) to azores (37-44N…2016-07-25
- Azores to portugal2014-05-10
- Man overboard within five miles of 39-36.1N 016-14.9W at 101300Z feb2014-02-10
- Distress signal received from F/V frances partially submerged and adrift vicinity 38-58.0N 015-09.5W at…2013-10-31
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 38-10N 019-32W at 251704Z may2013-05-25
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 2026-10-04 01:17Z; 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.