Transmit the following safety message / navigational warning: ... . Vessel in distress (in position ... ) danger to navigation.

SMCP phrase

B2/6.5.5

Syntax of the SMCP phrase

Examples of the SMCP phrase

Transmit the following safety message : Vessel in distress danger to navigation.
Transmit the following safety message : Vessel in distress in position six two degrees one one decimal eight minutes North, zero zero seven degrees four four minutes East danger to navigation.
Transmit the following navigational warning: Vessel in distress danger to navigation.
Transmit the following navigational warning: Vessel in distress in position six two degrees one one decimal eight minutes North, zero zero seven degrees four four minutes East danger to navigation.

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SMCP examples are based on IMO's Standard Marine Communication Phrases adopted by the 22nd Assembly in November 2001 as resolution A.918(22) IMO Standard Marine Communication Phrases. The phrases given at this website may not be a complete and accurate version of the original material and the original material may have subsequently been amended.