What is a mayday message?

Answer 1

The mayday call needs to include these important elements: nature of distress, location, who you are, total number of passengers, and any known injuries.

"Mayday, mayday, mayday,

This is United States vessel Lady Diane calling all stations.

Mayday, mayday, mayday,

This is captain John Smith of vessel Lady Diane taking on water with three adult males aboard. No Injuries at this time.

Location is North 168.12.25; West 78.62.12 [GPS reference]; about 24 miles southeast of Cape Maintown lighthouse [landmark reference].

Mayday, mayday, mayday."

Repeat until an response is received, or until you have to abandon ship.

Once contact is made, additional details can be relayed as requested, such as:

"Yes, we are sinking. We are a 34-foot Chapparel, white hull, port of call is Maintown. We are abandoning ship at this point with one life raft. No EPIRB aboard."

Answer 2

Mayday is a signal of distress given with the use of radiotelephone just like SOS in Morse Code.

Answer 3

A Mayday call is an emergency call for help; it means "Help me/us". It is used in times of emergencies by armies, or regular people, like people on a sinking ship or falling plane.

Answer 4

The distress signal Mayday originated in the French language. The French term m'aidez translates to "help me" and is pronounced the same as Mayday.

Answer 5

Mayday is a distress call that has now replaced SOS (Save Our Souls).

Answer 6

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