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Four persons overboard from F/V kg 91752 at 171500Z jun in 08-08N 104-40E

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1993/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-07-05 11:14Z

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 VIETNAM 181349Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-18 14:17Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 8.133, 104.667. 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 China Sea →

issued: 2019-06-18 14:17Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC VIETNAM 181349Z JUN 19.
issued by: MRCC VIETNAM
sea: South China Sea
position: 8.133, 104.667
vessel: F/V KG · 40 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
VIETNAM.
DNC 03, DNC 11.
FOUR PERSONS OVERBOARD FROM F/V KG 91752 AT 171500Z JUN
IN 08-08N 104-40E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO
KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM,
FAX: 8422 5398 1615,
E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.

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.
Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.
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.
GMDSS: The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

30 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 17:01Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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