Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard within five miles of 39-36.1N 016-14.9W at 101300Z feb

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 418/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-02-22 10:58Z

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 STAVANGER 101300Z FEB 14.. Issued 2014-02-10 13:33Z. 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 39.602, -16.248 with a 5.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2014-02-10 13:33Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC STAVANGER 101300Z FEB 14.
issued by
JRCC STAVANGER
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
39.602, -16.248 · r 5.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
MAN OVERBOARD WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 39-36.1N 016-14.9W
AT 101300Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA, TELEX: 12587,
PHONE: 35 129 628 1777, FAX: 35 129 620 5239.

Reading this warning

Man overboard
Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

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

23 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 07:15Z; 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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