Incidents · sinking

M/V panina II, 2 persons on board, sinking and persons entering liferaft

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 611/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-04-25 09:25Z

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 290033Z MAR 09.. Issued 2009-03-29 01:03Z. 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 39.850, 19.367. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

1. M/V PANINA II, 2 PERSONS ON BOARD, SINKING AND
   PERSONS ENTERING LIFERAFT. LAST KNOW POSITION
   15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTHONOI ISLAND (39-51N 019-22E).
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
   INMARSAT-C: 424744220, PHONE: 390 6592 4145,
   3906 5908 4409, FAX: 390 6592 2737, 3706 5908 4793
   OR JRCC PIRAEUS, PHONE: 3021 0411 2500,
   FAX: 3021 0413 2398.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 610/09.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
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)

146 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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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Incidents

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