Incidents · disabled

19 meter vessel nirvana 64, white and blue hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 12-29N 047-00E

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1096/05

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2005-08-17 07:52Z

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 GRIS NEZ 102100Z JUL 05.. Issued 2005-07-10 21:54Z. 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
Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 12.483, 47.000. 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
2005-07-10 21:54Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC GRIS NEZ 102100Z JUL 05.
issued by
MRCC GRIS NEZ
sea
Gulf of Aden
position
12.483, 47.000
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

19 METER VESSEL NIRVANA 64, WHITE AND BLUE HULL,
FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 12-29N 047-00E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ,
TELEX: 42130680, PHONE: 333 2187 2187, FAX: 333 2187 7855.

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.

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

29 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:37Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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