M/V a elephant on fire in 12-20.9N 043-46.0E at 130514Z jul
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1263/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-08-01 09:37Z
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 130537Z JUL 09.. Issued 2009-07-13 06:04Z. 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 12.348, 43.767. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2009-07-13 06:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC GRIS NEZ 130537Z JUL 09.
- issued by
- MRCC GRIS NEZ
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 12.348, 43.767
- vessel
- M/V A ELEPHANT
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V A ELEPHANT ON FIRE IN 12-20.9N 043-46.0E AT 130514Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ, TELEX: 42130680, PHONE: 3 332 187 2187, FAX: 3 332 187 7855.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
10 within 180 nm since 1995 · 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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- S/V attacked in 14-06.16N 042-28.10E on 19 may2022-05-20
- Maritime alert 2017-001A2017-01-31
- An operation will be conducted by the combined maritime forces (cmf) and the regional states within the bab…2013-11-03
- An operation will be conducted by the combined maritime forces (cmf) and the regional states within the bab…2013-11-03
- Bombing exercises 220001Z to 312359Z dec in areas bound by: a. 13-13-14N 047-13-25E, 13-04-00N 047-16-34E,…2009-12-21
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
21 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:15Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.