Distress signal received on 406 mhz within three miles of 51-28N 015-46W at 302016Z sep
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2567/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-10-01 18:25Z
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#588 302048Z SEP 01. Issued 2001-09-30 21:14Z. 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 51.467, -15.767 with a 3.0 nm radius. 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
- Small inflatable vessel, two persons on board, overdue brindisi (40-37N 017-55E) and returnlater 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 2567/01 · this notice2001-09-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2575/012001-10-01 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-09-30 21:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC AOR-E EGC#588 302048Z SEP 01
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 51.467, -15.767 · r 3.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ WITHIN THREE MILES OF 51-28N 015-46W AT 302016Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FALMOUTH, TELEX: 5145560, PHONE: 4413 2631 7575, FAX: 4413 2631 8342.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- 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)
47 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.
- F/V kings bay reports person onboard with suspected heart attack in 54-17.36N 015-40.42W2024-02-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 50-53.40N 013-06.30W at 311209Z aug2023-08-31
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 50-54.10N 013-09.90W at 311209Z aug2023-08-31
- F/V norderveg, nine persons on board, taking on water in vicinity 52-09.40N 016-31.00W at 252018Z feb2023-02-25
- Distress signal received from S/V cicada in vicinity 52-57.40N 017-56.20W2022-10-14
- Man overboard from F/V eder sands in 51-50.60N 014-48.70W at 071959Z oct2022-10-07
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 2026-10-03 11:43Z; 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.