Incidents · sinking

M/V international 4 taking on water in 06-15N 055-11W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 733/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-03-30 23:20Z

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 STAVNGER AOR-W EGC #208 30 1120Z MAR 02. Issued 2002-03-30 11:40Z. 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 6.250, -55.183. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

M/V INTERNATIONAL 4 TAKING ON WATER IN 06-15N 055-11W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO VESSEL,
INMARSAT-C: 4354 09510 AND JRCC STAVANGER,
TELEX: 5633163, PHONE: 475 151 7000, FAX: 475 165 2334.

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.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
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)

26 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

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

Safewater buoy ls 06-04.81N 055-12.82W missingNav aids · 10.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 14:11Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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