S/V gabriel, two persons on board, unreported richards bay (28-47S 032-05E) to inhambane (23-47S 035-31E)
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2185/07
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 CAPE TOWN 120923Z DEC 07.. Issued 2007-12-12 10:28Z. 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 -26.283, 33.800. 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 Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2007-12-12 10:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN 120923Z DEC 07.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -26.283, 33.800
- vessel
- S/V GABRIEL
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
S/V GABRIEL, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED RICHARDS BAY (28-47S 032-05E) TO INHAMBANE (23-47S 035-31E). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN OR CAPE TOWN RADIO.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
23 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-24.4S 035-27.9E2018-09-03
- Scuba diver missing from vessel2018-08-26
- Aircraft overdue within 200 miles of st lucia (28-22-49S 032-24-22E) to richards bay (28-49-23S 031-59-31E)2018-06-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-26.38S 035-18.61E2018-02-10
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-26.68S 035-16.95E at 091924Z feb2018-02-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 28-25.56S 035-22.32E at 091616Z feb2018-02-09
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 2026-10-03 05:37Z; 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.