Incidents

Search and rescue operations in area between 45-45S 46-05S and 060-17W 059-48W

Western South Atlantic · HYDROLANT 474/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-02-26 19:42Z

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 72/18 091421Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-09 14:21Z. 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
Western South Atlantic. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

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  1. HYDROLANT 474/18 · this notice2018-02-09 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 672/182018-02-26 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 755/182018-03-03 · Archived notice
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issued
2018-02-09 14:21Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VI 72/18 091421Z FEB 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 07.
SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN AREA BETWEEN
45-45S 46-05S AND 060-17W 059-48W.
FOUR MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 15:15Z; 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) →

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.