Incidents · distress

Distress signal received in 34-05.1N 030-20.9E at 230826Z feb

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 411/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-10 10:28Z

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 LARNACA 231200Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-23 15:31Z. 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: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 34.085, 30.348. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued: 2012-02-23 15:31Z
status: Archived notice
authority: JRCC LARNACA 231200Z FEB 12.
issued by: JRCC LARNACA
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position: 34.085, 30.348
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 34-05.1N 030-20.9E
AT 230826Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO  JRCC LARNACA,
PHONE: 357 2464 3005, FAX: 357 2464 3254.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

124 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 overboard2023-08-31
Distress signal received from F/V in vicinity 36-00.00N 030-15.00E at 292330Z apr2023-04-30
Distress signal received in 35-53.00N 030-29.00E2023-04-05
Distress received in 34-15.85N 033-35.63E at 201900Z oct2022-10-20
Distress received from vessel, 300 persons on board in 34-27.00N 030-10.00E2022-09-20
Derelict 20 meter vessel capsized and adrift in 33-34.00N 030-52.00E at 161400Z aug2022-08-16

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

Odas buoy 33-33.41N 031-55.09E reported missingNav aids · 84.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:58Z; 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) →

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