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Vessel requesting assistance in 11-55N 051-11E at 220445Z may

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1778/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-05-22 10:15Z

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) · UK COAST GUARD 220740Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-22 08:40Z. 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
Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 11.917, 51.183. 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
2017-05-22 08:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
UK COAST GUARD 220740Z MAY 17.
issued by
UK COAST GUARD
sea
Gulf of Aden
position
11.917, 51.183
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
GULF OF ADEN.
SOMALIA.
DNC 10.
VESSEL REQUESTING ASSISTANCE
IN 11-55N 051-11E AT 220445Z MAY.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO UK COAST GUARD,
PHONE: 4434 4382 0025,
E-MAIL: UKMRCC@HMCG.GOV.UK.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

10 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 20:28Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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