Man overboard vicinity 18-38N 112-18E on 21 oct
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2234/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-11-06 09:32Z
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 HONG KONG SAR 42/10 251521Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-25 15:46Z. 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 18.633, 112.300. 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
- 2010-10-25 15:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC HONG KONG SAR 42/10 251521Z OCT 10.
- issued by
- MRCC HONG KONG SAR
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 18.633, 112.300
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. MAN OVERBOARD VICINITY 18-38N 112-18E ON 21 OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC HONG KONG, TELEX: 80282952, PHONE: 852 2233 7999, E-MAIL: HKMRCC@MARDEP.GOV.HK.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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)
198 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- F/V qna 90187 ts, four persons on board, flooding in vicinity 16-24.00N 110-29.00E2024-04-01
- F/V qng 90458 ts, 11 persons on board, sinking in vicinity 16-05.00N 111-15.00E at 301400Z nov2023-11-30
- F/V bd 98372 ts reports one person requiring medical assistance in 17-10.00N 115-00.00E at 121400Z may2023-05-13
- F/V qng 95047 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 15-57.00N 113-40.00E at 30300Z dec2022-12-30
- F/V qng 90610TS, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 16-07N 111-37E at 050620Z apr2022-04-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V dong cheng 7 in 20-58.1N 111-31.0E at 011559Z apr2022-04-01
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:17Z; 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.