Possible distress signal received from vessel it's amazing in 20-10.96N 053-45.40W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3034/15
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) · USCG SAN JUAN 071334Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-07 14:04Z. 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 20.183, -53.757. 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
- 2015-12-07 14:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- USCG SAN JUAN 071334Z DEC 15.
- issued by
- USCG SAN JUAN
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 20.183, -53.757
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 16. POSSIBLE DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL IT'S AMAZING IN 20-10.96N 053-45.40W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD SAN JUAN, PHONE: 787 289 2041, E-MAIL: SSJCC@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.
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
29 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- S/V experience sank2023-10-21
- Five person overboard from S/V star 1, grey hull, capsized in 18-50.00N 053-45.00W at 141100Z dec2022-12-14
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-00.00N 055-30.00W at 091107Z dec2022-12-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 19-24.7N 052-53.1W2022-04-11
- Distress signal received from vessel gottlien in 20-55N 056-41W2021-01-21
- Man overboard from S/V work week end in vicinity 18-32.5N 053-33.0W at 030200Z dec2018-12-03
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 00:55Z; 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.