Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz within 11 miles of 61-55.23N 002-04.40W
Norwegian Sea · HYDROLANT 58/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-01-09 11:40Z
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) · UKMRCC AOR-E EGC 433 090811Z JAN 02. Issued 2002-01-09 09:05Z. 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
- Norwegian Sea. The parsed report position is 61.920, -2.073 with a 11.0 nm radius. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 23/02(53)later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
- issued
- 2002-01-09 09:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC AOR-E EGC 433 090811Z JAN 02
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 61.920, -2.073 · r 11.0 nm
- 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 WITHIN 11 MILES OF 61-55.23N 002-04.40W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO SHETLAND COAST GUARD OR MRSC SHETLAND, TELEX: 75141.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- 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)
10 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 S/V capsized and adrift in vicinity 61-13.00N 002-36.00E at 221450Z feb2023-02-22
- Last known position 59-25N 000-48W at 200418Z jan2005-01-20
- Vessel, two persons on board, in need of assistance in 63-16.2N 000-30.1W2004-07-24
- 17 foot M/V, red hull, one person on board, overdue from vessel detour vicinity 59-52N 002-03E2003-07-10
- Distress signal received from F/V maria hametner in 60-16N 001-08E at 282333Z oct2001-10-29
- M/V crystal river, five persons on board, suffered fire in 60-17N 002-29E2000-10-08
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 2026-10-03 10:03Z; 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.