One person missing from kayak in vicinity 44-15N 012-43E at 071045Z dec
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 3820/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-28 11:40Z
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 080513Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-08 05:23Z. 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 44.250, 12.717. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2018-12-08 05:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME 080513Z DEC 18.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 44.250, 12.717
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ADRIATIC SEA. ITALY. DNC 09. ONE PERSON MISSING FROM KAYAK IN VICINITY 44-15N 012-43E AT 071045Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRSC RAVENNA, PHONE: 3905 4444 3011, FAX: 3905 4444 7498, E-MAIL: SO.CPRAVENNA@MIT.GOV.IT, CPRAVENNA@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.
- 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)
71 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.
- Man overboard from F/V rosa dei venti in 43-33.00N 014-31.00E at 210800Z2023-06-21
- 7.5 meter vessel, white hull, two persons on board, unreported2023-05-02
- Possible man overboard from M/V zeko y in 42-25.00N 015-34.00E at 300100Z mar2023-03-30
- Man overboard from M/V la superba in vicinity 44-00.00N 009-06.00E2022-11-11
- Man overboard from M/V la superba in vicinity 42-36.00N 009-49.00E2022-11-11
- S/V chiara taking on water in vicinity 42-22-36N 010-18-12E2020-09-17
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 02:45Z; 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.