Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-35.3S 052-23.9W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 395/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-03-12 09:53Z
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) · NAVAREA VI 45/11 100435Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-10 03:37Z. 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 -34.588, -52.398. 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 395/11 · this notice2011-03-10 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 444/112011-03-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 484/112011-03-24 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2011-03-10 03:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 45/11 100435Z MAR 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -34.588, -52.398
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH ATLANTIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 34-35.3S 052-23.9W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
68 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.
- Man overboard from vessel in 32-10.00S 052-02.00W at 170030Z sep2023-09-17
- Man overboard from vessel in 32-34.47S 052-16.13W on 06 aug2021-08-07
- Man overboard from vessel in 32-37.77S 052-24.60W on 07 nov2019-11-08
- Man overboard in 32-40.00S 052-05.95W on 04 nov2018-11-05
- 11 meter S/V gypsy II, white hull, three persons on board, unreported imbituba (28-09.4S 048-40.2W) to mar…2018-07-08
- S/V gypsy II, three persons on board, unreported imbituba (28-09.4S 048-40.2W) to mar del plata (38-02.4S…2018-07-06
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 10:37Z; 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.