Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 49-03.27N 034-49.67W at 201958Z nov
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3746/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-12-08 19:43Z
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) · JRCC HALIFAX 210045Z NOV 17.. Issued 2017-11-21 01:11Z. 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 49.054, -34.828. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-11-21 01:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC HALIFAX 210045Z NOV 17.
- issued by
- JRCC HALIFAX
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 49.054, -34.828
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 19. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 49-03.27N 034-49.67W AT 201958Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC HALIFAX, PHONE: 902 427 8200, FAX: 902 427 2114, E-MAIL: JRCCHALIFAX@SARNET.DND.CA.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
26 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.
- 32 foot S/V reports crewman with cardiac incident requiring medical assistance in 50-34.64N 032-54.12W at…2019-01-18
- 42 foot S/V tamarind, white hull, one person on board, disabled and taking on water in 47-27.7N 031-12.6W at…2017-06-10
- 42 foot S/V tamarind, white hull, one person on board, disabled and taking on water in 47-26.8N 031-44.8W at…2017-06-10
- 37 foot S/V happy, white hull, two persons on board, sinking in 48-05.76N 035-21.02W2017-06-09
- 37 foot S/V happy, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 48-21.3N 035-38.7W2017-06-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 42 foot S/V tamarind, white hull, in vicinity 47-00N 032-00W at…2017-06-09
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 01:30Z; 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.