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• Transmit the following safety message / navigational warning: ... . Vessel in distress (in position ... ) danger to navigation.
• The vessel in distress ~ capsized / sunk / adrift (near position ... ) / drifting in ... degrees. ~ grounded (in position: ... ). ~ on fire. ~ not under command.
• Distress position ... .