Vessel avventura, two persons on board, taking on water and in need of immediate assistance in 18-59.6N…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 270/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-02-06 04:03Z
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-W EGC#195 050936Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-05 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 18.993, -30.873. 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
- Derelict vessel avventura adrift vicinity 18-26N 031-49Wlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-02-05 10:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC AOR-W EGC#195 050936Z FEB 03
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 18.993, -30.873
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
VESSEL AVVENTURA, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, TAKING ON WATER AND IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IN 18-59.6N 030-52.4W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FALMOUTH.
Reading this warning
- 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)
16 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 from F/V coyo cinco in 16-58.30N 028-33.40W at 091947Z nov2022-11-09
- 24 foot vessel fire ant, white hull, four persons on board, requesting assistance in 19-09.54N 030-57.23W at…2016-02-13
- 12 meter S/V thetys, white hull, three persons on board, overdue2016-01-01
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel calypso 1 in 19-30N 031-00W at 152303Z jan2015-01-16
- Vessel coima, four persons on board, sinking in 16-21.19N 030-10.00W2013-12-13
- Man overboard from vessel nave cosmos vicinity 17-36N 030-06W on 12 nov2012-11-12
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 02:29Z; 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.