Man overboard from vessel in 23-23.05S 044-37.88W on 25 feb
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 659/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-03-16 13:10Z
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 V SAR 14/18 260219Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-26 02:25Z. 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 -23.384, -44.631. 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 645/18, 656/18, 659/18, 661/18, 663/18, 690/18, 691/18, 696/18, 723/18, 749/18later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-02-26 02:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V SAR 14/18 260219Z FEB 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V SAR
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -23.384, -44.631
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST. DNC 01. MAN OVERBOARD FROM VESSEL IN 23-23.05S 044-37.88W ON 25 FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
285 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- Man overboard from vessel in 24-34.60S 045-25.70W on 14 aug2026-08-16
- Distress signal received from vessel in 24-37.00S 045-31.00W on 30 apr2024-04-30
- Distress signal received from M/V bwek anholt in 25-58.00S 045-15.00W on 22 mar2024-03-22
- Man overboard from vessel in 25-16.54S 046-36.77W on 08 jan2024-01-09
- Man overboard from vessel in 24-06.28S 045-07.53W at 300001Z dec2023-12-30
- M/V bp tornado V, two persons on board, unreported last known position in 23-00.98S 041-59.85W on 12 nov2023-12-04
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 02:05Z; 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.