Man overboard from M/V grandis vicinity 35-19.5S 004-04.0E at 240545Z jul
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1678/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-07-28 09:58Z
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 CAPE TOWN 240750Z JUL 12.. Issued 2012-07-24 08:22Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -35.325, 4.067. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-07-24 08:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN 240750Z JUL 12.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -35.325, 4.067
- vessel
- M/V GRANDIS · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V GRANDIS VICINITY 35-19.5S 004-04.0E AT 240545Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN OR CAPE TOWN RADIO.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
13 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-00.00S 007-00.00E on 4 jul2023-07-04
- Man overboard from M/V philadelphia in vicinity 37-31.5S 002-43.7E2018-03-25
- M/V pan energen reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 35-39.1S 007-26.4E2018-01-16
- M/V antaios, 19 persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 34-01.1S 001-11.4E2016-12-02
- M/V antaic sinking in 34-01.0S 001-11.4E2016-12-02
- S/V way to brisbane, white hull, one person on board, overdue tristan da cunha (37-07S 012-17W) to cape town…2015-01-14
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 16:17Z; 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.