Distress signal received in 35-53.00N 030-29.00E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 736/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-04-21 14:33Z
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 LARNACA 0/23 050518Z APR 23.. Issued 2023-04-05 05:40Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 35.883, 30.483. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 736/23 · this notice2023-04-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 927/232023-04-30 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2023-04-05 05:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC LARNACA 0/23 050518Z APR 23.
- issued by
- JRCC LARNACA
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 35.883, 30.483
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. DNC 10. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 35-53.00N 030-29.00E. VESSELS IN VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC LARNACA, INMARSAT-C: 870772545696, TELEX: 421099999, PHONE: 357 2464 3005, FAX: 357 2464 3254.
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.
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
109 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.
- Man overboard2023-08-31
- Distress signal received from F/V in vicinity 36-00.00N 030-15.00E at 292330Z apr2023-04-30
- Distress received from vessel, 300 persons on board in 34-27.00N 030-10.00E2022-09-20
- Derelict 20 meter vessel capsized and adrift in 33-34.00N 030-52.00E at 161400Z aug2022-08-16
- Search and rescue operations in area bound by 35-12.00N 028-09.00E, 35-12.00N 027-36.00E, 34-48.00N…2022-08-12
- Search and rescue operations in area bound by 35-15.00N 028-09.00E, 35-15.00N 027-42.00E, 34-55.00N…2022-08-11
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 2026-10-02 01:34Z; 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.