Vessel, 50 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-21.00N 018-47.00E at 290925Z jun
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1469/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-06-30 14:22Z
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 0/23 291353Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-29 14:28Z. 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 32.350, 18.783. 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
- Vessel, 50 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-37.00N 018-36.00E at 291509Z junlater cancellation notice
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.
- HYDROLANT 1469/23 · this notice2023-06-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1478/232023-06-30 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2023-06-29 14:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC LIBYA 0/23 291353Z JUN 23.
- issued by
- JRCC LIBYA
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 32.350, 18.783
- 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 32-21.00N 018-47.00E AT 290925Z JUN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC LIBYA, PHONE: 2189 1034 9739, 2182 1444 9149, 2182 1717 3377, 2182 1444 9488, FAX: 2182 1360 6868, E-MAIL: LMRCC.1@MOD.GOV.LY, LMRCC.2@MOD.GOV.LY, LCG.OPS.RM@MOD.GOV.LY.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
115 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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.
- Vessel, 32 persons on board, adrift in 34-12.20N 018-17.40E at 040315Z feb2024-02-04
- Vessel, 43 persons on board, adrift in 33-47.00N 018-19.00E at 130337Z nov2023-11-13
- Vessel, 43 persons on board, adrift in vicinity 33-47.00N 018-19.00E at 130337Z nov2023-11-13
- Vessel, numerous persons on board, disabled and adrift in 34-13.00N 017-44.00E at 030807Z oct2023-10-03
- Vessel, 22 persons on board, requesting assistance2023-08-04
- Vessel, 35 persons on board, requesting assistance in 31-00.00N 018-09.00E at 060846Z jul2023-07-06
Month of issue in the collected archive
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 03:26Z; 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.