Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard from M/V philadelphia in 37-31.5S 025-43.7E

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1168/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-04-13 13:27Z

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 CAPE TOWN 242140Z MAR 18.. Issued 2018-03-24 22:09Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -37.525, 25.728. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 02.
1. MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V PHILADELPHIA IN
   37-31.5S 025-43.7E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
   TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN, PHONE: 272 1938 3300,
   272 1551 2617, E-MAIL: MARITIMERADIO@IXMAIL.CO.ZA,
   MRCC.CT@SAMSA.ORG.ZA.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1166/18.

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.
Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.
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)

12 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.

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Vessel magoer unreported2010-12-11
Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 35-27S 025-31E at 260815Z jun2007-06-26
Man overboard from F/V fuchia in 34-43.9S 025-02.7E2005-11-14
Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V jupiter 6 in 36-25.6S 024-07.1E2005-10-08
Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V jupiter 6 in 36-25.6S 024-07.1E2005-10-08

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

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 04:35Z; 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) →

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