Man overboard from M/V preziosa in vicinity 14-34N 061-03W at 080400Z dec
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 3833/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-28 11:40Z
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 FORT DE FRANCE 100404Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-10 04:51Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 14.567, -61.050. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 3833/18 · this notice2018-12-10 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3912/182018-12-15 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2018-12-10 04:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 100404Z DEC 18.
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 14.567, -61.050
- vessel
- M/V PREZIOSA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. MARTINIQUE. DNC 14. MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V PREZIOSA IN VICINITY 14-34N 061-03W AT 080400Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, INMARSAT-C: 422799024, TELEX: 42912008, PHONE: 5965 9670 9292, FAX: 5965 9663 2450, E-MAIL: ANTILLES@MRCCFR.EU.
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.
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
220 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 sensation, three persons on board, overdue guadeloupe (16-15.00N 061-30.00W) and return2024-04-22
- Eight meter F/V trust and believe, white hull, overdue dennery (13-54.43N 060-53.17W) and return2024-04-20
- 13 meter F/V one love, white and grey hull, three persons on board, overdue saint john's (17-07.80N…2024-04-12
- 40 foot S/V orion, white hull, two persons on board overdue2024-01-28
- S/V, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 14-53.24N 063-58.27W2023-12-13
- S/V, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 14-53.24N 063-58.27W2023-12-12
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
- Carenage range rear light 14-36.32N 061-03.74W changed to oc (2) g 50 meters 9 milesNav aids · 2.4 nm
- Pointe du vieux fort light 15-56.90N 061-42.46WNav aids · 91.3 nm
- Ilet du gosier light 16-11.90N 061-29.44W at reduced intensityOther · 101.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:04Z; 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.