Vessel thor/dobu unreported
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 643/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-08-03 14:35Z
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 031406Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-03 14:21Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 59.750, -43.917. 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 NAVAREA IV 643/17 and this msg, vessel located safelater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- NAVAREA IV 643/17 · this notice2017-08-03 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 644/172017-08-03 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-08-03 14:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AASIAAT RADIO 031406Z AUG 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AASIAAT RADIO
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 59.750, -43.917
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. LABRADOR SEA. GREENLAND-SOUTH COAST. VESSEL THOR/DOBU UNREPORTED. LAST KNOW POSITION IN VICINITY 59-45N 043-55W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO AASIAAT RADIO, E-MAIL: OYR@TELEPOST.GL.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
33 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- M/V, white hull, one person on board, overdue qaqortoq (60-43-20N 046-02-25W) to narsaq (60-54-44N 046-02-55W)2018-07-28
- 12 meter S/V aluminati unreported2018-07-01
- Vessel, white and blue hull, one person on board, unreported from narsaq (60-54-44N 046-02-55W)2018-04-06
- M/V, two persons on board, overdue saarloq (60-32N 046-01W) and return2017-05-06
- M/V, orange hull, one person on board, unreported eqalugaasuit (60-37N 045-54W) to qaqortoq (60-43N 046-02W)2017-03-11
- M/V, white hull, one person on board, overdue to nuuk (64-10N 51-44W)2016-12-19
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
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 250001Z sepIcebergs · 76.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:28Z; 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.