Vessel nina pope sinking in 37-38.75S 007-21.79W at 140908Z mar
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 533/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-15 01:49Z
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 CAPE TOWN 0/24 141439Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-14 15:39Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -37.646, -7.363. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 533/24, 528/24, and this msg, persons rescuedlater 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 528/242024-03-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 533/24 · this notice2024-03-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 536/242024-03-15 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2024-03-14 15:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN 0/24 141439Z MAR 24.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -37.646, -7.363
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. VESSEL NINA POPE SINKING IN 37-38.75S 007-21.79W AT 140908Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN, PHONE: 272 1551 0700, EMAIL: MRCC.CT@SAMSA.ORG.ZA.
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)
7 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.
- Distress signal received from vessel in 37-55.31S 007-31.07W2024-03-14
- 55 foot vessel mussulo III, three persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 37-45S 006-51W at 081226Z…2013-12-09
- 55 foot vessel mussulo III, three persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 38-15S 009-15W at 071200Z…2013-12-07
- M/V gaschem hamburg reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 35-20.2S 007-05.6W2013-10-07
- Distress signal received from vessel jannixa in 36-52S 010-24W2009-02-25
- Distress signal received in 37-36S 005-22W2000-01-14
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 2026-10-02 11:53Z; 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.