Incidents · overdue

Rubber boat, white hull, 50 persons on board, unreported

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1613/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-11-08 09:38Z

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 30 SEP 08; MRCC DELGADA 301552Z SEP 08.. Issued 2008-09-30 17:23Z. 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 37.188, 11.822. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

1. RUBBER BOAT, WHITE HULL, 50 PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED.
   LAST KNOWN POSITION 37-11.3N 011-49.3E AT 301330Z SEP.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
   INMARSAT-C: 581424744220, PHONE: 39 065 908 4527,
   39 065 908 4409, FAX: 39 065 92 2737, 39 065 908 4793,
   OR MRSC PALERMO, PHONE: 39 091 604 3110, FAX: 3 909 132 5519.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1607/08(51), VESSEL LOCATED SAFE.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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

281 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-09-24 22:37Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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