S/V magritte sinking in 16-42.9N 027-24.1W at 040400Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3000/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-12-13 09:40Z
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 040427Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-04 05:30Z. 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 16.715, -27.402. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2015-12-04 05:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC 040427Z DEC 15.
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 16.715, -27.402
- vessel
- S/V MAGRITTE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. S/V MAGRITTE SINKING IN 16-42.9N 027-24.1W AT 040400Z DEC. FOUR PERSONS ENTERING LIFERAFT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO UKMRCC, PHONE: 4413 2631 7575, FAX: 4413 2631 8342, E-MAIL: FALMOUTHCOASTGUARD@MCGA.GOV.UK.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
25 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.
- Distress signal received from S/V etor in 16-17.60N 029-19.00W at 090519Z jan2023-01-09
- Distress signal received from F/V coyo cinco in 16-58.30N 028-33.40W at 091947Z nov2022-11-09
- F/V siempre nuevo angel requesting urgent medical evacuation in vicinity 18-23N 025-28W2020-02-01
- 11.7 meter M/V marie galante, one person on board, overdue2014-01-23
- Vessel coima, four persons on board, sinking in 16-21.19N 030-10.00W2013-12-13
- 12 meter S/V pinkas, white hull, three persons on board, unreported2013-12-03
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.