Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 55-13S 065-25W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 457/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-03-16 07:56Z
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 67/08 160200Z MAR 08.. Issued 2008-03-16 01:38Z. 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 -55.217, -65.417. 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
- Derelict S/V brilliance, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 55-13S 065-25Wlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-03-16 01:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 67/08 160200Z MAR 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -55.217, -65.417
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ VICINITY 55-13S 065-25W. 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)
16 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-14.99S 063-56.84W2017-12-18
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-14.99S 063-56.84W2017-12-18
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-13.73S 064-18.25W2017-12-17
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-13.73S 064-18.25W2017-12-17
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-34.61S 065-02.96W2017-12-17
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-34.61S 065-02.96W2017-12-17
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 13:38Z; 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.