Vessel, blue hull, three persons on board, adrift along trackline joining 20-41.02S 055-38.32E, 21-42.35S…
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 194/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-02-01 12:38Z
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 REUNION 181930Z JAN 19.. Issued 2019-01-18 20:34Z. 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 -20.684, 55.639. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2019-01-18 20:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC REUNION 181930Z JAN 19.
- issued by
- MRCC REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -20.684, 55.639
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. REUNION. DNC 02. VESSEL, BLUE HULL, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, ADRIFT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 20-41.02S 055-38.32E, 21-42.35S 56-21.31E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422799193, PHONE: 2622 6243 4343, FAX: 2622 6271 1595, E-MAIL: REUNION@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.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
51 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.
- Derelict F/V lien shen fa capsized and adrift in vicinity 18-15.86S 055-49.00E2023-03-29
- 26 meter F/V lien sheng fa capsized and adrift in 18-16.43S 055-49.00E at 280900Z mar2023-03-28
- Derelict vessel, blue hull, capsized and adrift in 20-56.83S 055-00.46E2023-03-20
- 13 meter S/V aloha, white hull, one person on board, overdue2022-08-22
- M/V simabe, dark blue hull, overdue in vicinity reunion island (20-50.86S 055-30.13E)2022-03-30
- Distress signal received from vessel neptune south of mauritius (20-33S 057-30E) at 030656Z mar2022-03-03
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:44Z; 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.