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Vessel requesting assistance in 37-57.4N 026-40.5E

Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 1085/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-04-03 13:35Z

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) · NAVAREA III 296/18 021206Z APR 18.. Issued 2018-04-02 13:05Z. 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
Aegean Sea. The parsed report position is 37.957, 26.675. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2018-04-02 13:05Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 296/18 021206Z APR 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Aegean Sea
position
37.957, 26.675
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AEGEAN SEA.
DNC 09.
VESSEL REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 37-57.4N 026-40.5E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC PIRAEUS,
TELEX: 601211588, PHONE: 3021 0411 2500,
3021 0422 0772, FAX: 3021 0413 2398,
3021 0411 5798.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

8 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:40Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.