Incidents · overdue

12 meter S/V vagabonde, three persons on board, overdue

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1753/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-06-14 10:49Z

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 GRIS NEZ 270632Z MAY 19.. Issued 2019-05-28 11:59Z. 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 -4.000, -93.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-05-28 11:59Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC GRIS NEZ 270632Z MAY 19.
issued by
MRCC GRIS NEZ
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-4.000, -93.000
vessel
S/V VAGABONDE
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 07.
12 METER S/V VAGABONDE, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD,
OVERDUE. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN 04-00S 093-00W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
MRCC GRIS NEZ,
TELEX: 42130680,
PHONE: 333 2187 2187,
FAX: 333 2187 7855,
E-MAIL: GRIS-NEZ@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.
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.

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

16 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 01:56Z; 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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