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F/V qna 95959 ts, 35 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-10N 113-05E at…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1156/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-04-26 07:55Z

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 VIETNAM 040739Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-04 14:03Z. 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
South China Sea. The parsed report position is 11.167, 113.083. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 1150/152015-04-03 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1156/15 · this notice2015-04-04 · Archived notice
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issued
2015-04-04 14:03Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC VIETNAM 040739Z APR 15.
issued by
MRCC VIETNAM
sea
South China Sea
position
11.167, 113.083
vessel
F/V QNA · 58 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
DNC 11.
1. F/V QNA 95959 TS, 35 PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND
   ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 11-10N 113-05E
   AT 040645Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO
   KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, PHONE: 844 3768 3050,
   FAX: 844 3768 3048, E-MAIL: VMRCC@FPT.VN.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1150/15.

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.
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.
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.
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)

574 within 180 nm since 1998 · 5 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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Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:54Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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