F/V lucky star, blue hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure marigot bay…
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 3094/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-12-16 15:42Z
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) · MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/22 020722Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-02 08:44Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 13.757, -61.018. 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 Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2022-12-02 08:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/22 020722Z DEC 22.
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 13.757, -61.018
- vessel
- F/V LUCKY STAR · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. SAINT LUCIA. DNC 14. F/V LUCKY STAR, BLUE HULL, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE MARIGOT BAY (13-57.83N 061-01.56W) TO VIEUX FORT (13-45.00N 060-57.00W). LAST KNOWN POSITION IN VICINITY 13-33.41N 061-04.73W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, INMARSAT-C: 422799024, TELEX: 42912008, PHONE: 5965 9670 9292, FAX: 5965 9663 2450, E-MAIL: ANTILLES@MRCCFR.EU.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
189 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.
- 32 foot S/V sensation, three persons on board, overdue guadeloupe (16-15.00N 061-30.00W) and return2024-04-22
- Eight meter F/V trust and believe, white hull, overdue dennery (13-54.43N 060-53.17W) and return2024-04-20
- 40 foot S/V orion, white hull, two persons on board overdue2024-01-28
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in vicinity 16-12.5N 062-28.8W at 100001Z oct2023-10-10
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 14-14.74N 060-22.19W at 231232Z jun2023-06-23
- 30 foot S/V stardust, one person on board, unreported grenada to saint john2023-04-29
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
- Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 51 nm
- GrenadinesWrecks · 73.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:09Z; 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.