Two vessels, 30 persons on board, adrift or capsized vicinity 40-37N 019-33E
Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 46/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-01-10 08:10Z
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 AOR-E EGC#715 10 JAN 04. Issued 2004-01-10 02:55Z. 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 40.617, 19.550. 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
- Two vessels, 30 persons on board, adrift or capsized vicinity 40-07N 019-33Elater cancellation notice
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 46/04 · this notice2004-01-10 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 47/042004-01-10 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2004-01-10 02:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME AOR-E EGC#715 10 JAN 04
- issued by
- MRCC ROME AOR-E
- sea
- Adriatic Sea
- position
- 40.617, 19.550
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TWO VESSELS, 30 PERSONS ON BOARD, ADRIFT OR CAPSIZED VICINITY 40-37N 019-33E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, PHONE: 390 6592 4145, 390 6590 84527, FAX: 390 6592 2737, 390 6590 84793.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
120 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.
- 12 meter S/V eros II, one person on board, unreported2024-04-17
- 12 meter S/V, white hull, one person on board, unreported2024-04-17
- S/V 50 to 70 persons on board, unreported in vicinity 38-00.00N 018-00.00E2023-12-13
- S/V, 45 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 38-06.00N 018-47.00E at 010700Z oct2023-10-01
- Vessel, 50 persons on board, adrift in vicinity 38-28.00N 019-17.00E at 271518Z jun2023-06-28
- Distress signal received in vicinity 38-03.03N 018-19.29E2023-02-25
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 2026-10-03 08:53Z; 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.