Incidents

M/V grand count, five persons on board, in need of assistance in 26-14.08S 037-25.40E at 161200Z apr

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1060/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-04-19 11:07Z

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) · DURBAN RADIO 170749Z APR 13.. Issued 2013-04-17 08:22Z. 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
Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -26.235, 37.423. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2013-04-17 08:22Z
status
Archived notice
authority
DURBAN RADIO 170749Z APR 13.
issued by
DURBAN RADIO
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-26.235, 37.423
vessel
M/V GRAND COUNT
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOUTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
1. M/V GRAND COUNT, FIVE PERSONS ON BOARD,
   IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN 26-14.08S 037-25.40E
   AT 161200Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
   TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO DURBAN RADIO,
   E-MAIL: MARITIMERADIO@IXMAIL.CO.ZA
   OR CAPE TOWN RADIO.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1027/13.

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.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

15 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 10:37Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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