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45 foot F/V angel del mar, white hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 05-32N 081-31W

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 446/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-10-23 13:54Z

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) · RCC ALAMEDA 040045Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-04 01:07Z. 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: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 5.533, -81.517. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2020-10-04 01:07Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC ALAMEDA 040045Z OCT 20.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: RCC ALAMEDA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 5.533, -81.517
vessel: F/V ANGEL DEL MAR
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
45 FOOT F/V ANGEL DEL MAR, WHITE HULL, FOUR PERSONS
ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 05-32N 081-31W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA,
TELEX: 230172343,
PHONE: 510 437 3701,
E-MAIL: RCCALAMEDA1@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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

48 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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