Man overboard form F/V kg 91512 ts in 07-27N 104-48E at 161815Z apr
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1544/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-05-04 12:11Z
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 VIETNAM 201220Z APR 18.. Issued 2018-04-20 12:29Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 7.450, 104.800. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1544/18 · this notice2018-04-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1819/182018-05-13 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2018-04-20 12:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 201220Z APR 18.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 7.450, 104.800
- vessel
- F/V KG · 40 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. VIETNAM. DNC 03, DNC 11. MAN OVERBOARD FORM F/V KG 91512 TS IN 07-27N 104-48E AT 161815Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 8422 5398 1615, E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.
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.
- 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.
- GMDSS
- The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
562 within 180 nm since 1999 · 5 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 vessel bot pukat jerut jhfa in 06-21.23N 103-55.05E at 151500Z aug2026-08-18
- One person missing from F/V kg 94532 ts in 09-16.95N 104-34.96E at 151230Z aug2026-08-15
- Man overboard from F/V bv 0340 ts at 140810Z apr in 06-45.00N 107-03.00E2026-04-15
- Man overboard from F/V tg 90136 ts in 08-53.00N 104-09.00E at 242200Z nov2025-11-25
- Man overboard from F/V bv 96567 ts in 08-27.00N 106-43.00E at 230730Z nov2025-11-23
- F/V cm 05908 ts, one person on board, sank in 09-22.00N 104-48.00E at 030145Z jun2025-06-03
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 03:46Z; 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.