Distress signal received in 42-26.20S 014-07.20E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 834/24
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC CAPE TOWN 0/24 191156Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-19 13:22Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -42.437, 14.120. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2024-04-19 13:22Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN 0/24 191156Z APR 24.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -42.437, 14.120
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 42-26.20S 014-07.20E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO CAPE TOWN RADIO, PHONE: 272 1551 0700, EMAIL: MARITIMERADIO@TELKOM.CO.ZA OR MRCC CAPE TOWN, PHONE: 272 1938 3300 EMAIL MRCC.CT@SAMSA.ORG.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.
- 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.
- 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)
3 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.
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 2026-09-24 15:56Z; 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.