Incidents · overdue

F/V capitan bismark unreported to isla del coco (05-31-08N 087-04-18W) and return

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 724/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-02-23 03:30Z

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) · COSTA RICAN COAST GUARD 220729Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-22 08:46Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 5.519, -87.072. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
COSTA RICA.
DNC 14.
F/V CAPITAN BISMARK UNREPORTED TO ISLA DEL COCO
(05-31-08N 087-04-18W) AND RETURN. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO COSTA RICAN COAST GUARD,
PHONE: 506 2286 4418,
E-MAIL: OPERACIONES.SNG.CR@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.
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.

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

40 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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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Vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in 05-08N 084-17W2021-10-26
Three persons in water in vicinity 06-30N 084-20W2021-08-18
Distress signals received on 406 mhz in: a. 03-25.2N 090-03.0W2018-07-13
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-28.0N 088-50.2W2017-07-22
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-17.3N 087-50.7W2017-06-30

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 2026-09-25 00:14Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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