Man overboard from M/V pride of bilbao vicinity 46-00.7N 004-18.4W at 022030Z dec
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 2603/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-01-14 10:10Z
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 ETEL 030025Z DEC 99. Issued 1999-12-03 00:44Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 46.012, -4.307. 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 Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 1999-12-03 00:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ETEL 030025Z DEC 99
- issued by
- MRCC ETEL
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 46.012, -4.307
- vessel
- M/V PRIDE OF BILBAO
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V PRIDE OF BILBAO VICINITY 46-00.7N 004-18.4W AT 022030Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ETEL.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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)
207 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V lucente solo sailor in 44-53.20N 005-57.30W at 081924Z apr2024-04-08
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 46-20.00N 008-21.00W at 031002Z jan2024-01-03
- Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz in 44-52.60N 006-18.06W2023-12-04
- Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz in 45-11.00N 002-30.20W2023-11-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 47-15.00N 007-30.00W2022-12-15
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 45-53.00N 008-07.50W at 091323Z dec2022-12-09
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 07:52Z; 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.