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Windsurfer missing vicinity 44-25.42N 008-45.8E

Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 2847/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-12-02 20:51Z

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 021605Z DEC 12.. Issued 2012-12-02 16:41Z. 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
Ligurian Sea. The parsed report position is 44.424, 8.763. 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
2012-12-02 16:41Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC ROME 021605Z DEC 12.
issued by
MRCC ROME
sea
Ligurian Sea
position
44.424, 8.763
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

LIGURIAN SEA.
ITALY-NORTHWEST COAST.
WINDSURFER MISSING VICINITY 44-25.42N 008-45.8E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, INMARSAT-C: 424744220,
PHONE: 390 6592 4145, 3906 5908 4409,
FAX: 390 6592 2737, 3906 5908 4793,
E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

42 within 180 nm since 1996 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:01Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.