Search and rescue operations: a. by vessels towing equipment in area bound by 45-55S 059-40W, 45-55S…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 755/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-03-09 18:14Z
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 VI 109/18 020200Z MAR 18.. Issued 2018-03-03 04:11Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Search and rescue operations: a. by vessels towing equipment in area between 45-45S 46-05S and 059-48W 060-17Wcancelled by this notice
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by vessel towing equipment in area bound by 45-55S…later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROLANT 474/182018-02-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 672/182018-02-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 755/18 · this notice2018-03-03 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-03-03 04:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 109/18 020200Z MAR 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -46.069, -59.889
- vessel
- M/V VICTOR ANGELESCU · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 07.
1. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS:
A. BY VESSELS TOWING EQUIPMENT
IN AREA BOUND BY
45-55S 059-40W, 45-55S 059-30W,
46-10S 059-40W, 46-10S 060-30W.
B. M/V VICTOR ANGELESCU IN AREA BETWEEN
42-15S 43-40S AND 059-15W 061-20W.
FOUR MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 672/18.
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.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
25 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 overboard from vessel in 46-41S 060-52W2021-02-24
- Man overboard from vessel in 48-14S 057-23W2019-05-01
- Search and rescue operations in vicinity 46-24S 060-41W2019-02-15
- Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice by M/V seabed constructor in area bound by…2018-10-23
- Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice by M/V seabed constructor in area bound by…2018-09-07
- F/V dorneda sank in 45-01S 060-04W2018-07-12
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 2026-10-02 06:40Z; 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.