Incidents

Vessel, 50 persons on board, requesting assistance in 31-24.00N 019-08.00E at 220140Z jun

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1393/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-07-07 14:33Z

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) · JRCC LIBYA 1855/23 221637Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-22 20:59Z. 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 - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 31.400, 19.133. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROLANT 1393/23 · this notice2023-06-22 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 1455/232023-06-28 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 1459/232023-06-28 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROLANT 1467/232023-06-29 · Archived notice
Compare all 4 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued
2023-06-22 20:59Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC LIBYA 1855/23 221637Z JUN 23.
issued by
JRCC LIBYA
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
31.400, 19.133
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
LIBYA.
DNC 09.
VESSEL, 50 PERSONS ON BOARD, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE
IN 31-24.00N 019-08.00E AT 220140Z JUN.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC LIBYA,
PHONE: 2189 1034 9739, 2182 1444 9149,
FAX: 2182 1360 6868,
E-MAIL: LCG.OPS.RM@MOD.GOV.LY,
LMRCC.1@MOD.GOV.LY, LMRCC.2@MOD.GOV.LY,
OR REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
INMARSAT-C: 424744220,
PHONE: 3906 5908 4409, 390 6592 4145,
FAX: 390 6592 2737, 3906 5908 4793,
E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT.

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.
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.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

95 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

02
05
10
15
20
24

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:05Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →

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.