S/V akeal II, white hull, one person on board, overdue cape town (33-55.50S 018-25.40E) to st
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 780/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-04-28 15:41Z
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) · MRCC CAPE TOWN 0/23 120315Z APR 23.. Issued 2023-04-12 04:05Z. 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 parsed report position is -24.946, 6.362. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 780/23, 784/23, 788/23, 793/23, 886/23 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-04-12 04:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN 0/23 120315Z APR 23.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -24.946, 6.362
- vessel
- S/V AKEAL II
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. SOUTH AFRICA TO ST. HELENA. DNC 01. S/V AKEAL II, WHITE HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, OVERDUE CAPE TOWN (33-55.50S 018-25.40E) TO ST. HELENA (15-58.00S 005-42.00W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN, PHONE: 272 1551 0700, 272 1938 3300, E-MAIL: MRCC.CT@SAMSA.ORG.ZA, MARITIMERADIO@TELKOM.CO.ZA.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
12 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Derelict lifeboat capsized and adrift in vicinity 25-59.1S 006-32.4E2020-08-18
- 42 foot S/V silver girl, white hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to lost rudder, preparing…2016-12-27
- Derelict vessel adrift and sinking in 27-32.3S 007-25.7E2016-12-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel yumapi in 27-20.24S 007-37.16E at 220954Z dec2012-12-22
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V chien tsao NO.322 in 25-17S 005-19E at 011800Z aug2011-08-01
- 40 foot S/V galaxie, blue hull, overdue cape town (33-54S 018-26E) to st helena island (16-00S 005-40W)2009-03-27
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 15:42Z; 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.