Distress signal received from M/V stellar daisy in 34-23S 018-30E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROPAC 1148/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-04-21 15:13Z
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 URUGUAY 311527Z MAR 17.. Issued 2017-03-31 16:07Z. 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 -34.383, 18.500. 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 1054/172017-03-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1148/17 · this notice2017-03-31 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-03-31 16:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC URUGUAY 311527Z MAR 17.
- issued by
- MRCC URUGUAY
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -34.383, 18.500
- vessel
- M/V STELLAR DAISY · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. SOUTH AFRICA. DNC 01. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V STELLAR DAISY IN 34-23S 018-30E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC URUGUAY, PHONE: 598 2916 1389, E-MAIL: MRCCURUGUAY@GMAIL.COM.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
22 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 vessel boloko 1 in 35-38.51S 019-21.64E at 080220Z dec2022-12-08
- 15 meter S/V climate action now, one person on board, disabled2017-04-11
- Distress signal received from M/V stellar daisy in 34-23S 018-30E2017-03-31
- 26 foot S/V elbow grease, one person on board, disabled and adrift due to lost rudder in 34-30.34S 017-10.23E2016-02-02
- Ten meter S/V totten, yellow hull, one person on board, overdue cape agulhas (34-50.0S 020-00.1E) to brazil2011-02-06
- Derelict vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in 35-20.7S 017-09.2E2009-02-21
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 04:03Z; 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.