5 meter S/V athonar, white hull, one person on board, overdue hendaye (43-22N 001-46W) to hawaii via panama…
Bay of Biscay · NAVAREA IV 81/05
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2005-05-19 11:40Z
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 GRIS NEZ 030905Z APR 05.. Issued 2005-04-03 09:41Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 43.367, -1.767. 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.
- NAVAREA IV 81/05 · this notice2005-04-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 608/052005-04-03 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA XII 88/052005-04-03 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2005-04-03 09:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC GRIS NEZ 030905Z APR 05.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MRCC GRIS NEZ
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 43.367, -1.767
- vessel
- S/V ATHONAR · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
9.5 METER S/V ATHONAR, WHITE HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, OVERDUE HENDAYE (43-22N 001-46W) TO HAWAII VIA PANAMA CANAL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ, TELEX: 4213 0680, PHONE: 333 2187 2187, FAX: 333 2187 7855.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
47 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz in 45-11.00N 002-30.20W2023-11-02
- S/V isabelle II, two persons on board, overdue la coruna (43-21.44N 008-24.41W) to belle ile island…2022-08-31
- 12 meter S/V el ordago, white and blue hull, one person on board, overdue from hondarribia (43-22.00N…2022-08-05
- Bat of biscay2022-08-03
- Distress signal received from five meter M/V zaragata primer, white hull, in vicinity 44-00N 003-00W2018-08-02
- Six meter S/V minnie, white hull with green bow and stern, one person on board, overdue from la rochelle…2018-06-12
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 2026-10-03 05:47Z; 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.