Incidents · capsize

M/V kamu, two persons on board, capsized and taking on water in 45-05.52N 025-15.50W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 987/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-05-10 15:05Z

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) · UKMRCC 100632Z MAY 12.. Issued 2012-05-10 07:27Z. 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 45.092, -25.258. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
M/V KAMU, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, CAPSIZED AND TAKING
ON WATER IN 45-05.52N 025-15.50W. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FALMOUTH,
PHONE: 44 132 631 7575, FAX: 44 132 631 5610,
E-MAIL: FALMOUTHCOASTGUARD@MCGA.GOV.UK.

Reading this warning

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.
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)

26 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.

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Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 47-17.28N 022-47.58W at 022129Z mar2018-03-02
North atlantic DNC 082017-11-12
Vessel on fire vicinity 45-39N 023-14W2017-01-04
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 46-07.70N 024-53.67W at 031346Z jan2016-01-03

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 06:35Z; 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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