Distress signal received from vessel, two persons on board, in vicinity maniitsoq (65-25-00N 052-53-59W)
Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 499/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-07-20 11:39Z
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) · AASIAAT RADIO 232220Z JUN 18.. Issued 2018-06-23 22:49Z. 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
- Davis Strait. The parsed report position is 65.417, -52.900. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2018-06-23 22:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AASIAAT RADIO 232220Z JUN 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AASIAAT RADIO
- sea
- Davis Strait
- position
- 65.417, -52.900
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DAVIS STRAIT. GREENLAND. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, IN VICINITY MANIITSOQ (65-25-00N 052-53-59W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO AASIAAT RADIO, E-MAIL: OYR@TELEPOST.GL.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
69 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- Vessel, white hull, one person on board, unreported2019-07-31
- Vessel, five persons on board, requesting assistance in 64-02N 051-39W2019-07-04
- Vessel, three persons on board, requesting assistance in 65-41N 053-16W2018-09-19
- 16 foot vessel draco, blue hull, one person onboard unreported from kangerluarsuk (67-00N 050-41W)2018-07-05
- M/V togo, 14 persons on board, requesting assistance in 68-23.50N 053-45.17W2018-07-01
- Vessel, two persons on board, unreported nuuk (64-10.5N 051-44.3W) to qeqertarsuatsiaat (63-05.3N 050-40.7W)2018-04-14
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 2026-10-01 23:36Z; 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.