Vessel, blue hull, 19 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-14N 011-43E at 120120Z may
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1479/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-05-12 02:44Z
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 UPDATE 120135Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-12 02:23Z. 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 33.233, 11.717. 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, blue hull, 19 persons on board, requesting assistance between zuwara (32-56N 012-05E) and 33-00N…cancelled by this notice
- Vessel, blue hull, 19 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-18N 011-44E at 120120Z maylater 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 2742/142014-11-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2789/142014-11-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2790/142014-11-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2804/142014-11-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2814/142014-11-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2841/142014-11-23 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2018-05-12 02:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME UPDATE 120135Z MAY 18.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME UPDATE
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 33.233, 11.717
- 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 08, DNC 09. 1. VESSEL, BLUE HULL, 19 PERSONS ON BOARD, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 33-14N 011-43E AT 120120Z MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, INMARSAT-C: 424744220, PHONE: 3906 5908 4527, 3906 5908 4409, FAX: 390 6592 2737, 3906 5908 4793, E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1478/18.
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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
1179 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, 30 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-50.00N 012-34.00E at 052214Z apr2024-04-06
- Man overboard in vicinity 35-22.00N 011-56.00E at 281700Z mar2024-03-28
- Man overboard in 35-11.00N 012-04.00E at 230100Z mar2024-03-23
- Vessel, 75 persons on board, unreported2024-03-14
- Vessel, 100 persons on board, adrift2024-03-14
- Vessel, 50 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-47.00N 012-35.00E at 082106Z mar2024-03-09
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 2026-09-28 11:46Z; 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.