Incidents · overdue

32 foot S/V sensation, three persons on board, overdue guadeloupe (16-15.00N 061-30.00W) and return

Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 851/24

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 FORT DE FRANCE 0/24 220231Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-22 03:17Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 16.250, -61.500. 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 Caribbean Sea →

issued
2024-04-22 03:17Z
status
Cancelled notice
authority
MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/24 220231Z APR 24.
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
16.250, -61.500
vessel
S/V SENSATION
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
GUADELOUPE.
DNC 14.
32 FOOT S/V SENSATION, THREE PERSONS
ON BOARD, OVERDUE GUADELOUPE
(16-15.00N 061-30.00W) AND RETURN.
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.

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.

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

282 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 12:22Z; 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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