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Three persons overboard from vessel in vicinity 19-00.13S 039-42.33W on 05 feb

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 293/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-02-24 17:22Z

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) · NAVAREA V SAR 16/23 060240Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-06 02:57Z. 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: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -19.002, -39.706. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2023-02-06 02:57Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA V SAR 16/23 060240Z FEB 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by: NAVAREA V SAR
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -19.002, -39.706
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL.
DNC 01.
THREE PERSONS OVERBOARD FROM VESSEL
IN VICINITY 19-00.13S 039-42.33W ON 05 FEB.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

21 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.

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

Underwater operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 26 sep thru 10 oct by M/V comando b in 19-51.63S 039-56.90WSurveys · 53.3 nm
Foul ground until 06 dec 27 in area bound by 19-53.87S 039-59.68W, 19-54.15S 039-59.27W, 19-53.08S…Wrecks · 55.7 nm
Yellow odas buoy established in 17-58.12S 038-41.48W until 19 octNav aids · 84.8 nm
Underwater operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 26 sep thru 10 oct by M/V comando b in 20-23.78S 040-09.43WSurveys · 87.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:34Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.