Kayak, one person on board, requesting assistance in 23-59-26N 048-40-50W
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3317/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-12-23 14:00Z
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) · RCC NORFOLK 230953Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-23 10:04Z. 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 23.991, -48.681. 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
- Kayak, one person on board, requesting assistance in 23-38.00N 052-48.12Wlater 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 3317/13 · this notice2013-12-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3319/132013-12-23 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-12-23 10:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK 230953Z DEC 13.
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 23.991, -48.681
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. KAYAK, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 23-59-26N 048-40-50W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC NORFOLK, PHONE: 757 398 6231, FAX: 757 398 6392, E-MAIL: D05-SMB-D5CC@USCG.MIL.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
28 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- Distress signal received in 21-28.60N 048-01.93W at 300940Z apr2024-04-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 19 foot S/V lhor one, two persons on board, in 26-37.70N 047-20.20W…2024-03-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-37.70N 047-20.20W at 032300Z mar2024-03-03
- M/V ambition requesting medical assistance in 24-24.20N 047-14.80W at 201210Z feb2024-02-20
- M/V yasa osaka reports crewman with heart attack symptoms requiring medical assistance in 26-03.33N 050-07.20W2023-11-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 24-40.60N 046-23.60W at 240113Z sep2023-09-24
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
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 02:03Z; 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.