Distress signal received from vessel jannixa in 36-52S 010-24W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 395/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-04-11 09:27Z
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) · CAPE TOWN RADIO 251425Z FEB 09.. Issued 2009-02-25 14:58Z. 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 -36.867, -10.400. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2009-02-25 14:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CAPE TOWN RADIO 251425Z FEB 09.
- issued by
- CAPE TOWN RADIO
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -36.867, -10.400
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL JANNIXA IN 36-52S 010-24W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO CAPE TOWN RADIO OR THE MARITIME RESCUE CO-ORDINATION CENTRE CAPE TOWN.
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.
- 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)
8 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.
- Vessel nina pope sinking in 37-38.75S 007-21.79W at 140908Z mar2024-03-14
- Distress signal received from vessel in 37-55.31S 007-31.07W2024-03-14
- Person requiring medical assistance on tristan da cunha island (37-06.19S 012-16.38W)2023-03-11
- Tristan da cunha2017-05-14
- 55 foot vessel mussulo III, three persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 37-45S 006-51W at 081226Z…2013-12-09
- 55 foot vessel mussulo III, three persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 38-15S 009-15W at 071200Z…2013-12-07
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 11:19Z; 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.