Incidents · overdue

35 foot S/V vagabond six, yellow hull, two persons on board, overdue lanzarote (29-02N 013-37W) to…

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 602/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-03-09 11:16Z

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 MADRID 191708Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-19 17:13Z. 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 21.850, -37.308. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2018-02-19 17:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC MADRID 191708Z FEB 18.
issued by
MRCC MADRID
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
21.850, -37.308
vessel
S/V VAGABOND SIX
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
CANARY ISLANDS TO MARTINIQUE.
35 FOOT S/V VAGABOND SIX, YELLOW HULL, TWO
PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE LANZAROTE (29-02N 013-37W)
TO MARTINIQUE (14-40N 061-00W). VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC LAS PALMAS, PHONE: 349 2846 7955,
E-MAIL: LASPALMAS@SASEMAR.ES.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Overdue vessel
A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

22 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 03:25Z; 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) →

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