44 foot S/V beam 7, white hull, one person on board, disabled and in need of assistance in 36-05.4S 028-33.6E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1467/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-10-15 10:20Z
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) · PORT ELIZABETH RADIO IOR EGC#1913 252040Z AUG 03. Issued 2003-08-25 21:55Z. 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 -36.090, 28.560. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2003-08-25 21:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PORT ELIZABETH RADIO IOR EGC#1913 252040Z AUG 03
- issued by
- PORT ELIZABETH RADIO IOR
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -36.090, 28.560
- vessel
- S/V BEAM 7 · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
44 FOOT S/V BEAM 7, WHITE HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, DISABLED AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN 36-05.4S 028-33.6E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO CAPE TOWN RADIO, PORT ELIZABETH RADIO OR DURBAN RADIO.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
17 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 34-18.90S 027-37.50E2024-02-20
- Distress signal received from vessel izumi in 34-49.8S 029-36.9E 120350Z mar2021-03-12
- Man overboard from M/V jain hsuan in vicinity 36-10S 029-50E at 231000Z jun2020-06-24
- Man overboard from M/V philadelphia in 37-31.5S 025-43.7E2018-03-24
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel guo ji 907 in 34-21.16S 028-45.11E2016-05-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 15 meter S/V lama lo, white hull, two persons on board, in 33-17.0S…2015-10-18
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 05:41Z; 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.