Incidents · medical

Person requiring medical assistance on tristan da cunha island (37-06.19S 012-16.38W)

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 538/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-03-31 14:52Z

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 CAPE TOWN 0/23 102311Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-11 01:05Z. 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 -37.103, -12.273. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2023-03-11 01:05Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC CAPE TOWN 0/23 102311Z MAR 23.
issued by: MRCC CAPE TOWN
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -37.103, -12.273
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 01.
PERSON REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ON
TRISTAN DA CUNHA ISLAND (37-06.19S 012-16.38W).
VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN,
PHONE: 272 1938 3300,
E-MAIL: MRCC.CT@SAMSA.ORG.ZA,
MARITIMERADIO@IXMAIL.CO.ZA.

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.
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)

6 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.

Tristan da cunha2017-05-14
55 foot vessel mussulo III, three persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 38-15S 009-15W at 071200Z…2013-12-07
Tristan da cunha2011-10-31
Distress signal received from vessel jannixa in 36-52S 010-24W2009-02-25
Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 34-15S 013-00W2008-01-02

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 11:19Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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