Incidents · distress

Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 20 foot F/V dawg house, three persons on board, vicinity 31-06.4N…

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3079/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-01-04 10:20Z

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 MIAMI 181313Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-18 13:28Z. 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 31.107, -79.917. 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.
GEORGIA.
DNC 15.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM
20 FOOT F/V DAWG HOUSE, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD,
VICINITY 31-06.4N 079-55.0W. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800,
E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@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.
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.
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)

87 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 27 foot vessel, green hull, in 32-06.50N 078-59.10W2024-01-18
Vessel partially submerged and adrift in 33-05.83N 078-40.06W2024-01-18
31 foot F/V carol anne, teal hull, overdue2023-10-23
31 foot F/V carol ann, teal hull, overdue2023-10-21
41 foot F/V carol anne, blue and white hull, 03 persons on board, overdue2023-10-21
Distress signal received in 29-11.60N 080-14.90W2023-10-13

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 03:25Z; 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.