Distress signal received in 35-29S 022-41E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3949/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-01-04 14:09Z
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) · CAPE TOWN RADIO 211059Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-21 11:09Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -35.483, 22.683. 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 HYDROPAC 3902/16, 3908/16, 3910/16, 3912/16, 3913/16, 3924/16, 3927/16, 3941/16, 3949/16later cancellation notice
- issued
- 2016-12-21 11:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CAPE TOWN RADIO 211059Z DEC 16.
- issued by
- CAPE TOWN RADIO
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -35.483, 22.683
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 35-29S 022-41E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN OR CAPE TOWN RADIO.
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)
25 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 F/V seawin diamond in 36-33.00S 022-07.40E2024-04-29
- Man overboard from vessel boloko 1 in 35-38.51S 019-21.64E at 080220Z dec2022-12-08
- S/V zap 1, four persons on board, unreported mossel bay (34-11S 022-09E) to madagascar2019-08-13
- Ten meter S/V totten, yellow hull, one person on board, overdue cape agulhas (34-50.0S 020-00.1E) to brazil2011-02-06
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 35-27S 025-31E at 260815Z jun2007-06-26
- Man overboard from F/V fuchia in 34-43.9S 025-02.7E2005-11-14
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 03:24Z; 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.