M/V buff bay, 16 persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 23-23.7S 059-35.0E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1402/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-08-28 17:50Z
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 IOR EGC #8502 271447Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-27 15:00Z. 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 -23.395, 59.583. 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
- Derelict vessel M/V buff bay adrift vicinity 23-18.5S 059-17.9E at 281145Z auglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2001-08-27 15:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC REUNION IOR EGC #8502 271447Z AUG 01
- issued by
- MRCC REUNION IOR EGC
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -23.395, 59.583
- vessel
- M/V BUFF BAY · 5 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V BUFF BAY, 16 PERSONS ON BOARD, SINKING AND CREW ABANDONING SHIP IN 23-23.7S 059-35.0E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC MAURITIUS OR MRCC REUNION, TELEX: 916140, PHONE: 26 243 4343, FAX: 26 271 1595.
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.
- 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 · distress & casualty cases (archived)
14 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 M/V shahrastani in vicinity 21-32.6S 058-08.7E at 300300Z mar2018-03-30
- Man overboard from F/V jo wen in vicinity 22-57S 060-10E at 050730Z sep2017-09-05
- Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 311226Z jan in: a. 24-11.3S 057-57.2E2017-01-31
- Derelict 20 meter vessel, green hull, capsized and adrift in 23-39.4S 056-52.9E on 6 jun2016-06-06
- 14 meter S/V dignity, white hull, two persons on board, overdue whangerei (35-43.00S 174-19.00E) to lautoka…2016-06-02
- Distress signal received in 25-17S 059-07E at 050523Z apr2016-04-05
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 2026-10-04 03:08Z; 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.