Distress signal received, flooding reported in vicinity 27-37S 026-29W at 132220Z feb
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 338/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-02-15 00:00Z
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). Issued 1999-02-14 21:49Z. 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 -27.617, -26.483. 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
- M/V nika taking on water in vicinity 27-07.8S 029-20.6W at 150033Z feblater 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 338/99 · this notice1999-02-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 340/991999-02-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 356/991999-02-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 1999-02-14 21:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -27.617, -26.483
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED, FLOODING REPORTED IN VICINITY 27-37S 026-29W AT 132220Z FEB. VESSELS REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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)
5 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- F/V playa de cubelas person requiring medical assistance in 27-53.93S 026-13.05W on 21 nov2021-11-22
- M/V cape enterprise reports crewman requiring medical assistance2016-12-16
- M/V meng hai reports wounded crewman requiring medical assistance in 27-07S 026-56W at 281800Z apr2004-04-29
- M/V nika taking on water in vicinity 27-07.8S 029-20.6W at 150033Z feb1999-02-15
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 13:41Z; 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.