Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard from M/V wonder of the seas in 19-42.00N 075-39.00W at 300001Z aug

Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 1944/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-09-15 14:16Z

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) · RCC MIAMI 0/23 300341Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-30 04:02Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 19.700, -75.650. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2023-08-30 04:02Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC MIAMI 0/23 300341Z AUG 23.
issued by
RCC MIAMI
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
19.700, -75.650
vessel
M/V WONDER
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
CUBA.
DNC 16.
MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V WONDER OF THE SEAS
IN 19-42.00N 075-39.00W AT 300001Z AUG.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A
SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC MIAMI,
PHONE: 305 415 6800,
E-MAIL: RCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.

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.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:04Z; 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) →

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