Vessel, two persons on board, in need of assistance vicinity 43-00N 004-00E
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 3148/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-12-07 23:38Z
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 LA GARDE 060957Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-06 10:33Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 43.000, 4.000. 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
- S/V seychelles III, two persons on board, in need of assistance between cap de creus (42-19N 003-19E) and…later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROLANT 3148/13 · this notice2013-12-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3163/132013-12-07 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2013-12-06 10:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC LA GARDE 060957Z DEC 13.
- issued by
- MRCC LA GARDE
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 43.000, 4.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. FRANCE. VESSEL, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE VICINITY 43-00N 004-00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC LA GARDE, TELEX: 430024, PHONE: 334 9461 1616, FAX: 334 9427 1149, E-MAIL: LAGARDE@MRCCFR.EU.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
56 within 180 nm since 1996 · 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.
- 11 meter S/V invictus, white hull, three persons on board, overdue minorca (39-58.00N 004-05.00E) to argeles…2024-03-28
- Ten meter S/V leviathan, white color, three persons on board, overdue frejus (43-25.16N 006-44.73E) to…2024-03-15
- Six meter M/V le mohican II, white hull, one person on board, overdue port of menton (43-46.42N 007-30.57E)2023-11-23
- M/V timeless, seven persons on board, disabled and requesting assistance in 40-50N 006-35E2022-04-19
- Distress signal received from vessel, white and red hull, three persons onboard, in vicinity 43-00N 004-00E…2019-12-30
- 11M meter S/V physalie, white hull, one person on board, overdue canet en roussilon (42-42.4N 003-00.5E) to…2018-10-06
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 2026-09-24 17:17Z; 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.