48 foot vessel fatal attraction, four persons on board, overdue great inagua (21-03.4N 073-25.5W) to jamaica…
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 94/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-01-25 21:21Z
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) · RCC MIAMI 092133Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-09 21:51Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 19.520, -75.112. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 3536/16, 20/17, 22/17, 24/17, 26/17, 30/17, 40/17, 41/17, 48/17, 67/17, 68/17, 71/17,…later cancellation notice
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 94/17 · this notice2017-01-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 436/172017-02-08 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 98/172017-02-08 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2017-01-09 21:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 092133Z JAN 17.
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 19.520, -75.112
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. CARIBBEAN SEA. BAHAMAS TO JAMAICA. DNC 14, DNC 16. 48 FOOT VESSEL FATAL ATTRACTION, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE GREAT INAGUA (21-03.4N 073-25.5W) TO JAMAICA (17-59N 076-48W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
81 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Derelict liferaft adrift in 19-48.45N 074-11.23W2024-04-29
- Derelict liferaft adrift in 19-48.45N 074-11.23W2024-04-29
- Man overboard from cruise ship liberty of the seas in 20-57.8N 074-32.8W2024-04-04
- S/V, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 20-19.69N 072-09.07W2024-03-08
- Distress signal received from vessel in 19-04.90N 074-30.40W2024-01-24
- 20 foot canoe, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue from yallahs (17-52.00N 076-34.00W)2023-11-15
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:25Z; 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.