F/V ahmet ocak balikcilik 55 sinking and crew abandoning ship in 24-53N 015-55W at 062245Z feb
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 421/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-02-21 13:24Z
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 MADRID 092250Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-06 23:24Z. 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 24.883, -15.917. 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 27/202020-01-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 186/202020-01-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 421/20 · this notice2020-02-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2020-02-06 23:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC MADRID 092250Z FEB 20.
- issued by
- MRCC MADRID
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 24.883, -15.917
- vessel
- F/V AHMET OCAK BALIKCILIK 55
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. WESTERN SAHARA. DNC 01. F/V AHMET OCAK BALIKCILIK 55 SINKING AND CREW ABANDONING SHIP IN 24-53N 015-55W AT 062245Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC MADRID, PHONE: 349 1755 9132, 349 1755 9133, E-MAIL: CNCS@SASEMAR.ES.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
35 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.
- Distress signal received in vicinity 23-30.00N 017-30.00W at 150918Z apr2024-04-15
- Distress signal received in vicinity 24-55.70N 015-02.80W at 281715Z mar2024-03-28
- Distress signal received from vessel in 26-00.00N 017-00.00W at 070330Z mar2024-03-07
- Vessel, 100 persons on board, overdue to canary islands2023-10-29
- Vessel, 48 persons on board, unreported2023-10-08
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V AKCHER-2, four persons on board in 22-28.07N 017-19.40W2023-08-19
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
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 55.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:54Z; 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.