M/V sima star, three persons on board, eleven persons in lifeboat in 26-52N 051-47E at 310321Z oct
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1158/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-10-31 10:25Z
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) · MENAS 117/99 31 OCT 1999. Issued 1999-10-31 05:20Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 26.867, 51.783. 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
- issued
- 1999-10-31 05:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MENAS 117/99 31 OCT 1999
- issued by
- MENAS
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 26.867, 51.783
- vessel
- M/V SIMA STAR
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V SIMA STAR, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, ELEVEN PERSONS IN LIFEBOAT IN 26-52N 051-47E AT 310321Z OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO BAHRAIN COAST GUARD.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
43 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Man overboard from vessel capsized and adrift in 26-52.1N 052-19.4E2022-03-17
- Distress signal received in vicinity 27-00N 052-00E2021-11-17
- Tug boat delma, blue and white hull, unreported2021-03-12
- Derelict F/V capsized and anchored in 26-36.34N 050-54.10E2019-09-25
- Man overboard from M/V j master in vicinity 26-58N 052-19E at 041000Z dec2018-12-05
- Man overboard from M/V bahmanshir 110 in 26-12N 051-11E at 100730Z nov2018-11-10
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
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 15.1 nm
- Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 15.4 nm
- Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 16.2 nm
- Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 31.9 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 42.5 nm
- Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 46.7 nm
- Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 64 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:26Z; 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.