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Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V petra in vicinity 06-18.0N 055-25.0W at 210831Z jan

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 68/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-09 17:29Z

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) · MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/24 211019Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-21 10:26Z. 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 6.300, -55.417. 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
2024-01-21 10:26Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC FORT DE FRANCE 0/24 211019Z JAN 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
MRCC FORT DE FRANCE
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
6.300, -55.417
vessel
M/V PETRA · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
SURINAME.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM M/V PETRA
IN VICINITY 06-18.0N 055-25.0W AT 210831Z JAN.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A
SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC FORT DE FRANCE,
PHONE: 5965 9670 9292,
EMAIL: ANTILLES@MRCCFR.EU.

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.
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.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.

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

22 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:34Z; 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) →

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