Distress signal received from 40 foot S/V nautilus, blue hull, two persons on board, in 14-01.7N 061-53.3W…
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 3159/14
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) · MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 281349Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-28 15:26Z. 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 14.028, -61.888. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2014-12-28 15:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 281349Z DEC 14.
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 14.028, -61.888
- vessel
- S/V NAUTILUS · 12 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. ST LUCIA TO BONNAIRE. DNC 14. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM 40 FOOT S/V NAUTILUS, BLUE HULL, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, IN 14-01.7N 061-53.3W ON 27 DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, INMARSAT-C: 422799024, TELEX: 42912008, PHONE: 59 659 670 9292, FAX: 59 659 663 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.
- 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.
- 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)
207 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
- S/V, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 14-53.24N 063-58.27W2023-12-13
- S/V, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 14-53.24N 063-58.27W2023-12-12
- S/V, white and blue hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 14-52.23N 063-57.30W2023-12-12
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 · 59.2 nm
- GrenadinesWrecks · 90.5 nm
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 115.8 nm
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.