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S/V ekaterina reports crewman with leg injury requesting medical assistance in 35-32N 064-08W at 181945Z nov

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2840/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-11-19 10:23Z

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) · RCC NORFOLK 181945Z NOV 15.. Issued 2015-11-18 21:01Z. 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 35.533, -64.133. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 17.
S/V EKATERINA REPORTS CREWMAN WITH LEG INJURY
REQUESTING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN 35-32N 064-08W
AT 181945Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE
TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC NORFOLK,
PHONE: 757 398 6231, FAX: 757 398 6392,
E-MAIL: D05-SMB-D5CC@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

41 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.

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Life ring reported in 33-49.00N 065-02.00W2023-06-26
Distress signal received from 36 foot S/V uplace, white hull, in 33-08.90N 065-07.00W2022-07-11
36 foot S/V kyklades, two persons on board, unreported2022-06-17
Bermuda to nova scotia2022-05-27

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 02:11Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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