Four men overboard from canoe serigne saliou mback vicinity 15-50N 016-33W at 180800Z dec
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3437/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-01-04 13:54Z
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 DAKAR 200008Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-20 00:16Z. 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 15.833, -16.550. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-12-20 00:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC DAKAR 200008Z DEC 16.
- issued by
- MRCC DAKAR
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 15.833, -16.550
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. SENEGAL. DNC 01. FOUR MEN OVERBOARD FROM CANOE SERIGNE SALIOU MBACK VICINITY 15-50N 016-33W AT 180800Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC DAKAR, PHONE: 2213 3826 5001, FAX: 2213 3826 5000, E-MAIL: MARINENAT@ORANGE.SN.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
17 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- Two persons overboard from F/V in vicinity 13-44.00N 017-07.00W at 220200Z may2023-05-22
- Two persons overboard from F/V in vicinity 14-22.00N 017-17.00W at 130001Z jan2023-01-14
- Three persons overboard from F/V in 15-05.00N 017-07.00W at 010001Z sep2022-09-02
- Two persons overboard from canoe in 14-09.00N 016-56.00W at 131900Z aug2022-08-14
- Vessel ndeye diarra diop, brown and white hull, unreported mbour (14-22.03N 017-02.26W)2022-03-25
- Eight persons overboard from F/V gandia IV in 13-56N 017-28W at 230950Z oct2020-10-23
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
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 84.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:58Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.