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Six persons overboard from vessel in vicinity 38-40.00N 007-25.00E at 190850Z nov

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 2973/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-12-09 14:27Z

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 191340Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-19 15:19Z. 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 - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 38.667, 7.417. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

issued
2022-11-19 15:19Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC ROME 191340Z NOV 22.
issued by
MRCC ROME
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position
38.667, 7.417
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
SARDINIA.
DNC 08.
SIX PERSONS OVERBOARD FROM VESSEL IN VICINITY
38-40.00N 007-25.00E AT 190850Z NOV. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
INMARSAT-C: 424744220,
PHONE: 3906 5908 4527, 3906 5908 4409,
FAX: 390 6592 2737, 3906 5908 4793,
E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT, CGCP3REP4@MIT.GOV.IT.

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.
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

31 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Month of issue in the collected archive

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:48Z; 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.