Incidents · disabled

20 meter F/V maxime, white hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure

Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 793/23

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 FORT DE FRANCE 0/23 130647Z APR 23.. Issued 2023-04-13 08:29Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 17.085, -61.817. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2023-04-13 08:29Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/23 130647Z APR 23.
issued by
MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
17.085, -61.817
vessel
F/V MAXIME
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA.
DNC 14.
20 METER F/V MAXIME, WHITE HULL, FOUR
PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT
DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. LAST KNOWN
POSITION IN VICINITY OF ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA (17-05.10N 061-49.00W) ON 10 APR.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A
SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE,
PHONE: 5965 9670 9292,
E-MAIL: ANTILLES@MRCCFR.EU.

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DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
Last known position
The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
Position (degrees and minutes)
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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.

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

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Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:21Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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