Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel fifty fifty, two persons on board, in 16-46.7N 045-05.8W at…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 453/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-02-24 14:00Z
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 FORT DE FRANCE 091019Z FEB 17.. Issued 2017-02-09 10:30Z. 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 16.778, -45.097. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-02-09 10:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 091019Z FEB 17.
- issued by
- MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 16.778, -45.097
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM VESSEL FIFTY FIFTY, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, IN 16-46.7N 045-05.8W AT 090950Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE, INMARSAT-C: 422799024, TELEX: 42912008, PHONE: 5965 9670 9292, FAX: 5965 9663 2450, E-MAIL: ANTILLES@MRCCFR.EU.
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.
- 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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
25 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.
- S/V albatros, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue cape verde (16-54.0N 025-01.5W) to martinique…2023-02-14
- 20 meter S/V heroica cinco, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue mindelo (16-53N 024-59W) to martinique…2022-05-01
- M/V atapi reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 17-49.6N 043-18.0W at 051915Z jan2019-01-06
- Distress signal received from S/V noir desir in 19-35N 044-57W2018-11-14
- S/V moflete reports crewman requiring medical evacuation in 16-17N 046-43W at 041630Z feb2018-02-04
- Vessel priva sea IV, six persons on board, taking on water in 18-40.24N 044-08.53W2017-12-12
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 00:49Z; 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.