Distress signal received from vessel, yellow hull, one person on board, in 14-47.60N 023-32.93W at 101816Z apr
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 852/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-04-17 09:10Z
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 GRIS NEZ 101857Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-10 19:04Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 14.793, -23.549. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 671/162016-03-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 852/16 · this notice2016-04-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-04-10 19:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC GRIS NEZ 101857Z APR 16.
- issued by
- MRCC GRIS NEZ
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 14.793, -23.549
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. CAPE VERDE. DNC 01. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL, YELLOW HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, IN 14-47.60N 023-32.93W AT 101816Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ, TELEX: 42130680, PHONE: 333 2187 2187, FAX: 333 2187 7855, E-MAIL: GRIS-NEZ@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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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)
25 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Man overboard from M/V msc armonia in vicinity 12-11.30N 024-22.30W2023-12-13
- F/V noroeste, green and white hull, overdue2023-10-11
- F/V cap atlantic, 30 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 16-53.60N 021-52.40W at 051600Z may2022-05-06
- Ten meter long S/V victoria, white hull, three persons on board, overdue from cape verde (15-06N 023-37W)2016-03-18
- Distress signal received from vessel, one person on board, in 13-31.6N 025-41.5W2015-03-13
- 11.7 meter M/V marie galante, one person on board, overdue2014-01-23
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 02:54Z; 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.