F/V, seven persons onboard, disabled in 16-18.00N 080-15.00W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 481/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-04-29 18:03Z
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 MIAMI 0/24 291649Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-29 17:03Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 16.300, -80.250. 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
- Hazardous operations, rocket launching 030117Z to 030548Z may, alternate 040051Z to 040522Z, 050025Z to…later cancellation notice
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.
- NAVAREA IV 481/24 · this notice2024-04-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 913/242024-04-29 · Cancelled notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2024-04-29 17:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 0/24 291649Z APR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 16.300, -80.250
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. F/V, SEVEN PERSONS ONBOARD, DISABLED IN 16-18.00N 080-15.00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, EMAIL: RCC MIAMI@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
51 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- F/V, seven persons on board, disabled in 16-18.00N 080-15.00W2024-04-29
- 12 meter S/V carpe diem, one person on board, overdue2024-01-03
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V kole sere in 14-13.80N 080-53.70W2022-06-09
- S/V sea shifter, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 15-33.15N 079-12.78W2019-07-16
- S/V salacia, one person on board, unreported2019-06-21
- Distress signal received from S/V tuno in vicinity 16-11.6N 079-56.6W2019-04-03
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 2026-09-28 03:19Z; 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.