Guidance

GMDSS: sea areas and distress procedures for small boat users

Leaflet outlining the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GDMSS) processes for distress and hazard alerts at sea, together with a sea area map.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 6 September 2017
• Last updated: 24 July 2024
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  1. 24 July 2024

     Leaflet and guidance has been updated.

  2. 23 December 2021

     UPLOADED REVISED VERSION OF GMDSS VHF DSC PROCEDURES FOR SMALL BOAT USERS

  3. 26 November 2018

     Latest leaflet uploaded

  4. 6 October 2017

     Leaflet withdrawn and being rewritten

  5. 27 September 2017

     Document has been updated

  6. 6 September 2017

     First published.

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GMDSS VHF DSC procedures for small boat users - printable leaflet

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This leaflet for small boat users contains:

• procedures for making distress calls and hazard alerts
• a map showing radiotelephone coverage of coast stations and geostationary satellites in 3 sea areas around the UK