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Man overboard from canoe in vicinity 12-45.00N 016-50.00W at 040432Z dec 22

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3129/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-12-23 15:55Z

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 DAKAR 0/22 052333Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-05 23:40Z. 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 12.750, -16.833. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

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  1. HYDROLANT 3129/22 · this notice2022-12-05 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 3333/222022-12-30 · Archived notice
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issued
2022-12-05 23:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC DAKAR 0/22 052333Z DEC 22.
issued by
MRCC DAKAR
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
12.750, -16.833
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
SENEGAL.
DNC 01.
MAN OVERBOARD FROM CANOE IN VICINITY
12-45.00N 016-50.00W AT 040432Z DEC 22.
VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC DAKAR,
PHONE: 2213 3826 5001,
FAX: 2213 3826 5000,
E-MAIL: MARINENAT@ORANGE.SN.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

119 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 03:12Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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