M/V, orange hull, one person on board, unreported eqalugaasuit (60-37N 045-54W) to qaqortoq (60-43N 046-02W)
Davis Strait · HYDROLANT 797/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-03-31 15:35Z
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) · AASIAAT RADIO 110827Z MAR 17.. Issued 2017-03-11 08:33Z. 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
- Davis Strait. The parsed report position is 60.667, -45.967. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2017-03-11 08:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AASIAAT RADIO 110827Z MAR 17.
- issued by
- AASIAAT RADIO
- sea
- Davis Strait
- position
- 60.667, -45.967
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DAVIS STRAIT. GREENLAND-SOUTH COAST. DNC 19. M/V, ORANGE HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, UNREPORTED EQALUGAASUIT (60-37N 045-54W) TO QAQORTOQ (60-43N 046-02W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO AASIAAT RADIO, E-MAIL: OYR@TELEPOST.GL.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
40 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.
- Vessel, grey and white hull, three persons onboard, unreported2018-07-29
- M/V, white hull, one person on board, overdue qaqortoq (60-43-20N 046-02-25W) to narsaq (60-54-44N 046-02-55W)2018-07-28
- 12 meter S/V aluminati unreported2018-07-01
- Vessel, white and blue hull, one person on board, unreported from narsaq (60-54-44N 046-02-55W)2018-04-06
- 25 foot M/V laura, one person on board, overdue evighedsfjorden (64-05-38N 051-47-20W) to tasuisaq…2017-11-01
- Vessel thor/dobu unreported2017-08-03
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
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 250001Z sepIcebergs · 80.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:58Z; 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.