Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard from 15 meter M/V iliria vicinity 42-59.0N 015-10.9E at 010640Z oct

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 3369/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-11-17 10:35Z

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 PIRAEUS AOR-E 012012Z OCT 00; WZ 1894/00 011931Z OCT 00; WZ 1895/00 012006Z OCT 00; WZ 1893/00 011801Z OCT 00. Issued 2000-10-01 20:30Z. 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: Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 42.983, 15.182. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

1. MAN OVERBOARD FROM 15 METER M/V ILIRIA VICINITY
   42-59.0N 015-10.9E AT 010640Z OCT. VESSELS
   IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
   TELEX: 43 611172, 43 614156 OR 43 614103,
   FAX: 00 390 6592 2737 OR 00 390 6590 4763.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3278/00(35,36), 3361/00(37),
   3364/00(35) AND 3368/00.

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.
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.

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

72 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:48Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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