Incidents · sinking

F/V maria pia sank in vicinity 13-37.7S 077-08.0W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 167/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-02-04 18:21Z

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) · NAVAREA XVI 10/22 201626Z JAN 22.. Issued 2022-01-20 16:38Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -13.628, -77.133. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2022-01-20 16:38Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XVI 10/22 201626Z JAN 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -13.628, -77.133
vessel: F/V MARIA PIA
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
PERU.
DNC 07.
F/V MARIA PIA SANK IN VICINITY 13-37.7S 077-08.0W.
SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

55 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.

F/V priscila y fredy unreported2021-12-22
F/V marisa unreported2021-06-11
F/V askar-i unreported2021-04-08
F/V don guillermo three, capsized, partially submerged in 11-59.3S 077-08.8W2020-05-15
Search and rescue operations 201100Z to 201900Z mar in area bound by 11-44-00S 077-11-30W, 11-44-00S…2020-03-16
Search and rescue operations in vicinity 13-18-35S 076-53-53W2018-06-12

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 02:54Z; 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) →

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