Two M/V, four persons on board, requesting assistance in 67-12N 053-34W
Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 784/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-09-29 11:38Z
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 100430Z SEP 17.. Issued 2017-09-10 05:37Z. 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 67.200, -53.567. 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
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.
- HYDROARC 260/172017-09-10 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 784/17 · this notice2017-09-10 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2017-09-10 05:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AASIAAT RADIO 100430Z SEP 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AASIAAT RADIO
- sea
- Davis Strait
- position
- 67.200, -53.567
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DAVIS STRAIT. GREENLAND. TWO M/V, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 67-12N 053-34W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
Reading this warning
- 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)
90 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.
- Vessel, white hull, one person on board, unreported2019-07-31
- Vessel, one person on board, unreported aasiaat (68-42-35N 052-52-10W) to ikamiut (68-38-00N 051-49-58W)2019-05-30
- Vessel, white hull, four persons onboard, unreported aasiaat (68-42.58N 052-52.17W) to niaqornaarsuk…2018-11-29
- 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
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 2026-10-04 02:01Z; 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.