Incidents

Vessel, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance vicinity 35-00N 023-00E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1395/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-06-17 15:02Z

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 PIRAEUS 080930Z JUN 15.. Issued 2015-06-08 13:04Z. 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 35.000, 23.000. 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
2015-06-08 13:04Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC PIRAEUS 080930Z JUN 15.
issued by
JRCC PIRAEUS
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
35.000, 23.000
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
CRETE.
DNC 09.
VESSEL, NUMEROUS PERSONS ON BOARD, IN NEED OF
ASSISTANCE VICINITY 35-00N 023-00E. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC PIRAEUS,
TELEX: 601211588, 601211254,
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.
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.
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 · distress & casualty cases (archived)

107 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

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 06:09Z; 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) →

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