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Medical distress msg received from M/V jahre SPRAY/LAWR2 in 13-21N 030-04W at 111332Z jan

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 65/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-01-11 00:00Z

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). Issued 1999-01-11 14:16Z. 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 13.350, -30.067. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

MEDICAL DISTRESS MSG RECEIVED FROM M/V JAHRE SPRAY/LAWR2 IN
13-21N 030-04W AT 111332Z JAN. CREWMAN FELL DOWN LADDER, HAS
HEAD INJURY AND DIFFICULTY BREATHING. VESSEL IS HEADING FOR
PORTO GRANDE ON COURSE 055, SPEED 13 KNOTS. VESSELS IN VICINITY
WITH DOCTOR ON BOARD ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT M/V JAHRE SPRAY
ON INMARSAT-A 1310631. REPORTS TO MRCC GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN OR
RCC STAVANGER, NORWAY, TEL: 47-5151-7000.

Reading this warning

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.
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Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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

12 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.

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 2026-10-03 23:45Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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