Vessel gold igo, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 23-05.89S 042-38.65W at 270930Z dec
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3152/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-12-28 07:10Z
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) · NAVAREA V SAR 216/14 271237Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-27 13:06Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -23.098, -42.644. 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
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V bgp challenger towing 12000 meter long cables in area…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 3152/14 · this notice2014-12-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 31/152015-01-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-12-27 13:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V SAR 216/14 271237Z DEC 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V SAR
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -23.098, -42.644
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BRAZIL-SOUTHEAST COAST. DNC 01. VESSEL GOLD IGO, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 23-05.89S 042-38.65W AT 270930Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
287 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- Man overboard from vessel in 24-34.60S 045-25.70W on 14 aug2026-08-16
- Man overboard from vessel in 24-06.28S 045-07.53W at 300001Z dec2023-12-30
- M/V bp tornado V, two persons on board, unreported last known position in 23-00.98S 041-59.85W on 12 nov2023-12-04
- Vessel sinking2023-11-20
- 7.5 meter F/V torpedo IV, blue and white, unreported2023-11-12
- Distress signal received from vessel joe griffin in 23-39.20S 042-24.52W on 23 aug2023-08-24
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:34Z; 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.