Vessel, one person on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 35-00N 024-00E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1618/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-06-30 11:25Z
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 261745Z JUN 16.. Issued 2016-06-27 13:09Z. 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, 24.000. 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
- Wooden structure adrift vicinity 35-00N 024-00Ecancelled by this notice
- 14 meter M/V stella rossa, white hull with blue stripe, one person on board, overdue from sitges (41-14.0N…later 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 1618/16 · this notice2016-06-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1647/162016-06-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1658/162016-07-01 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2016-06-27 13:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC PIRAEUS 261745Z JUN 16.
- issued by
- JRCC PIRAEUS
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 35.000, 24.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. CRETE-SOUTH COAST. DNC 09. 1. VESSEL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 35-00N 024-00E. 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. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1612/16.
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.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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)
93 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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, 45 persons on board, adrift and requesting assistance in 33-55.00N 023-49.00E at 011149Z may2024-05-01
- Vessel, 24 persons onboard, requesting assistance in 32-34.88N 025-32.00E at 201505Z mar2024-03-21
- M/V mariza n, eight persons on board, listing in 33-43.90N 022-55.80E2024-03-02
- Vessel, wooden hull, 36 persons on board, requesting assistance2023-12-28
- 12 meter vessel apollo 18, grey hull, three persons on board, adrift in vicinity 32-20.00N 023-43.00E on 08…2023-11-08
- Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance2023-06-25
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:54Z; 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.