Incidents · overdue

72 meter M/V vogue, 42 persons on board, overdue mahajanga (15-41S 046-21E) to moroni (11-39S 043-14E)

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1980/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-02-03 09:26Z

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 110802Z NOV 07.. Issued 2007-11-11 09:16Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -13.667, 44.792. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

1. 72 METER M/V VOGUE, 42 PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE
   MAHAJANGA (15-41S 046-21E) TO MORONI (11-39S 043-14E).
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF  POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION,
   INMARSAT: 422 799 193,  TELEX: 916140,
   PHONE: 26 226 243 4343, FAX: 26 226 271 1595.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1977/07(75), AID RESTORED.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC: The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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

195 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.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-01 06:01Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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