Six meter M/V, blue and pink hull, two persons on board, overdue
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1338/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-05-05 16:11Z
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 REUNION 0/23 220447Z APR 23.. Issued 2023-04-22 05:17Z. 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 -11.000, 43.333. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2023-04-22 05:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC REUNION 0/23 220447Z APR 23.
- issued by
- MRCC REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -11.000, 43.333
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL. WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. GRANDE COMORE. DNC 02. SIX METER M/V, BLUE AND PINK HULL, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN VICINITY 11-00.00S 043-20.00E AT 200700Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT: 422799193, PHONE: 2622 6243 4343, FAX: 2622 6271 1595, E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.
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.
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
175 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.
- Six meter F/V mariziki 1, white and brown hull, two persons onboard, overdue2024-01-21
- Six meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue moroni harbor (11-42.00S 043-14.54E) and return2023-07-27
- F/V ND517, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island to mayotte2023-06-11
- Six meter F/V, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue from hantsindzi (11-26.00S 043-24.00E)2023-06-06
- F/V, yellow and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue grand comoros island (11-55.00S 043-30.00E) to…2023-05-29
- F/V, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island (12-14.00S 044-19.00E) to mayotte island (12-58.00S…2023-05-29
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 2026-10-01 03:29Z; 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.