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Distress signal received from M/V ipoh vicinity 14-17S 022-25W

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 94/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-01-14 14:58Z

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) · NAVAREA V 48/03 132201Z JAN 03. Issued 2003-01-13 22:35Z. 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
South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -14.283, -22.417. 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 messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROLANT 73/032003-01-11 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 78/032003-01-12 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 84/032003-01-12 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROLANT 93/032003-01-13 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROLANT 94/03 · this notice2003-01-13 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROLANT 101/032003-01-14 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2003-01-13 22:35Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA V 48/03 132201Z JAN 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-14.283, -22.417
vessel
M/V IPOH
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V IPOH VICINITY 14-17S 022-25W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

Reading this warning

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.

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

5 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

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 17:29Z; 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.