M/V awate sinking, nine persons abandoning ship, in 13-25N 049-48E
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 2019/19
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) · UK COAST GUARD 201318Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-20 17:17Z. 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
- Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 13.417, 49.800. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- M/V awate, nine persons onboard, taking on water in 13-25N 049-48Ecancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 2018/192019-06-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2019/19 · this notice2019-06-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2023/192019-06-20 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2019-06-20 17:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UK COAST GUARD 201318Z JUN 19.
- issued by
- UK COAST GUARD
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 13.417, 49.800
- vessel
- M/V AWATE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF ADEN. YEMEN. DNC 10. 1. M/V AWATE SINKING, NINE PERSONS ABANDONING SHIP, IN 13-25N 049-48E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO UK COAST GUARD, PHONE: 44 344 382 0025, FAX: 4413 2924 4547, E-MAIL: UKMRCC@HMCG.GOV.UK. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2018/19.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
36 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- Vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, unreported in vicinity balhaf (13-56.98N 048-09.49E)2026-04-16
- Distress signal received from F/V sumbuq in 12-30.90N 047-23.00E at 290725Z jun2023-06-29
- Vessel SAAD-2, brown hull, eight persons on board, unreported ash shihr (14-45-39N 049-36-25E) to suqutra…2022-05-18
- F/V al sharqia, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 13-32N 051-12E…2021-11-10
- M/V al kamen 1, white and brown hull, five persons on board, unreported ash shhir port (14-44.7N 049-36.4E)…2021-01-03
- Seven meter F/V, white hull, three persons on board, unreported2020-02-01
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
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 2026-09-25 00:44Z; 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) →
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