Man overboard from M/V marco polo vicinity 42-29.8N 017-05.7E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1470/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-09-23 10:20Z
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 AOR-E EGC#591 030940Z AUG 03. Issued 2003-08-03 09:11Z. 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
- Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 42.497, 17.095. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2003-08-03 09:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME AOR-E EGC#591 030940Z AUG 03
- issued by
- MRCC ROME AOR-E
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 42.497, 17.095
- vessel
- M/V MARCO POLO · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V MARCO POLO VICINITY 42-29.8N 017-05.7E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC RIJEKA, TELEX: 5992 7859, PHONE: 385 5131 2253, FAX: 385 5131 2254.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
90 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Aircraft, one person onboard, unreported2023-10-15
- Man overboard from F/V rosa dei venti in 43-33.00N 014-31.00E at 210800Z2023-06-21
- Possible man overboard from M/V zeko y in 42-25.00N 015-34.00E at 300100Z mar2023-03-30
- 17 meter F/V nuova angela secondo, white and blue hull, three persons on board, unreported2022-07-08
- Vessel, white and red hull, one person on board, unreported merlera island 39-52.5N 019-34.6E to otranto…2020-08-11
- Distress signal received from vessel, white hull, one person on board, in vicinity 40-00N 019-00E at 151500Z…2020-01-15
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 2026-10-03 08:54Z; 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.