S/V tabasco II, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 42-02N 065-13W at 270600Z mar
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 684/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-03-28 03:26Z
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) · JRCC HALIFAX 270629Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-27 07:41Z. 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 42.033, -65.217. 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
- Derelict 12 meter S/V tabasco II adrift vicinity 41-56N 065-16W at 272030Z marlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-03-27 07:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC HALIFAX 270629Z MAR 12.
- issued by
- JRCC HALIFAX
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 42.033, -65.217
- vessel
- S/V TABASCO II · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. S/V TABASCO II, NINE PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 42-02N 065-13W AT 270600Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC HALIFAX, TELEX: 584331699943, PHONE: 902 427 8200, FAX: 902 427 2114.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
39 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-30.00N 064-00.00W at 051019Z jan2024-01-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-30.00N 064-00.00W2024-01-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V spirit bay in 40-23.87N 063-50.67W at 261737Z may…2023-05-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V tara lynn in 41-56.20N 068-40.00W at 180056Z may2023-05-18
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-35.60N 064-40.07W at 170337Z oct2022-10-17
- S/V escape, four persons on board, dismasted in 39-46.67N 063-01.20W2022-06-12
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 2026-10-01 23:54Z; 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.