Incidents · overdue

F/V wiltamar III, six persons on board, unreported

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 977/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-07-02 08:58Z

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 SAR 66/11 110545Z JUN 11.. Issued 2011-06-11 17:29Z. 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 -23.800, -41.517. 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: 2011-06-11 17:29Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA V SAR 66/11 110545Z JUN 11.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by: NAVAREA V SAR
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -23.800, -41.517
vessel: F/V WILTAMAR III
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BRAZIL-SOUTHEAST COAST.
F/V WILTAMAR III, SIX PERSONS ON BOARD,
UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN
23-48S 041-31W AT 010300Z JUN. VESSELS
IN VINCINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS
TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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

260 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.

M/V bp tornado V, two persons on board, unreported last known position in 23-00.98S 041-59.85W on 12 nov2023-12-04
Vessel sinking2023-11-20
7.5 meter F/V torpedo IV, blue and white, unreported2023-11-12
Distress signal received in 25-02.81S 039-26.48W2023-11-07
Distress signal received from vessel joe griffin in 23-39.20S 042-24.52W on 23 aug2023-08-24
M/V b/p jml sinking2023-08-23

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

Hazardous operations in progress until 060400Z jun 27 in area bound by 24-39.87S 042-29.30W, 24-39.78S…Exercises · 74.4 nm
Underwater operations 1000Z to 2000Z daily until 02 nov 26 by M/V fugro vaquita in: a. 22-26.32S 040-25.47WSurveys · 101.5 nm
Underwater operations in progress until 140001Z nov by M/V fugro vaquita in area bound by 22-03.00S…Surveys · 108.8 nm
Underwater operations in progress until 110300Z oct by M/V sistac vitoria in 22-32.81S 040-04.04WSurveys · 109.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:08Z; 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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