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Vessel, 100 persons on board, adrift in 17-41N 018-37W at 281200Z oct

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3304/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-11-13 14:19Z

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 MADRID 290831Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-29 08:41Z. 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 17.683, -18.617. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2020-10-29 08:41Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC MADRID 290831Z OCT 20.
issued by: MRCC MADRID
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 17.683, -18.617
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 01.
VESSEL, 100 PERSONS ON BOARD, ADRIFT IN
17-41N 018-37W AT 281200Z OCT.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC MADRID,
PHONE: 349 1755 9133, MRCC MAURITANIA,
PHONE: 222 2505 8981,
E-MAIL: MRCCNOUAKCHOTT@PECHES.GOV.MR OR
MRCC LAS PALMAS, PHONE: 349 2846 7955.

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.
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)

65 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

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Incidents

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