Incidents · sinking

Vessel noel, nine persons onboard, reported sinking in 13-35N 049-55E at 201430Z jun

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 2023/19

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) · NAVAREA IX 202/19 201545Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-20 21:32Z. 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 13.583, 49.917. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 2018/192019-06-20 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2019/192019-06-20 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 2023/19 · this notice2019-06-20 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Aden →

issued
2019-06-20 21:32Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 202/19 201545Z JUN 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Aden
position
13.583, 49.917
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.
VESSEL NOEL, NINE PERSONS ONBOARD, REPORTED SINKING
IN 13-35N 049-55E AT 201430Z JUN. VESSELS IN
VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST
IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO NAVAREA IX,
INMARSAT-C: 446300048,
PHONE: 9221 9921 4624, 9221 4850 6821, 9221 4850 6152,
9221 4850 61511,
FAX: 9221 9921 4625, 922 1920 1623, 9221 9920 3246,
E-MAIL: HQMSA@CYBER.NET.PK, HYDROPK@PAKNAVY.GOV.PK, HYDROPK@GMAIL.COM.

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.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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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

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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

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:37Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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