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Distress signal received from 52 foot M/V sick leave in vicinity 25-54.00N 078-39.00W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 776/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-05-03 16:13Z

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) · RCC MIAMI 0/24 121816Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-12 18:59Z. 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 25.900, -78.650. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
BAHAMAS.
DNC 15.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM 52 FOOT
M/V SICK LEAVE IN VICINITY 25-54.00N 078-39.00W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800,
EMAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

177 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.

21 foot vessel, one person on board, overdue2024-05-07
Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 67 meter M/V master ru in vicinity 25-34.87N 078-34.87W2024-04-23
Man overboard in 26-11.70N 079-24.10W2024-01-27
Distress signal received from F/V patriot in 24-46.80N 079-41.40W2024-01-03
F/V blue waters II, two persons on board, unreported2023-11-02
Aircraft, one person on board, ditched in vicinity 25-20.36N 076-59.47W2023-08-20

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

Obstruction, 20 meters below surface, in 24-50.93N 077-48.83W until 30 nov 2. cancel this msg 010001Z dec 26Wrecks · 77.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:35Z; 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) →

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