Incidents

Tunisia to italy

Mediterranean Sea · HYDROLANT 1366/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-09-10 09:13Z

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) · MRCC ROME 261700Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-26 18:21Z. 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: Mediterranean Sea. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

issued: 2011-08-26 18:21Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC ROME 261700Z AUG 11.
issued by: MRCC ROME
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
TUNISIA TO ITALY.
VESSEL, WHITE HULL, SIX PERSONS ON BOARD,
IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE SOUSSE (35-50N 10-38E)
TO SICILY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, INMARSAT-C: 424744220,
PHONE: 390 6590 84527, FAX: 390 6590 84793.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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