Wooden boat, 70 persons onboard, last known position 34-50.00N 011-46.00E at 242156Z feb
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 393/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-15 16:38Z
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 0/24 251340Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-25 13:56Z. 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 - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 34.833, 11.767. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 393/24 · this notice2024-02-25 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 607/242024-03-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 643/242024-03-28 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2024-02-25 13:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME 0/24 251340Z FEB 24.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 34.833, 11.767
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. TUNISIA. DNC 08. WOODEN BOAT, 70 PERSONS ONBOARD, LAST KNOWN POSITION 34-50.00N 011-46.00E AT 242156Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, REPORT POSITIVE SIGHTING TO, REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, PHONE: 390 6592 4145, 3906 5908 4409, EMAIL: ITMRCC@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.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- 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)
1233 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.
- Vessel, white hull, five persons on board, requesting assistance in vicnity 37-00.00N 012-00.00E2024-05-06
- Vessel, 30 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-50.00N 012-34.00E at 052214Z apr2024-04-06
- Man overboard in vicinity 35-22.00N 011-56.00E at 281700Z mar2024-03-28
- Man overboard in 35-11.00N 012-04.00E at 230100Z mar2024-03-23
- Vessel, 75 persons on board, unreported2024-03-14
- Vessel, 100 persons on board, adrift2024-03-14
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 2026-10-01 23:03Z; 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.