Incidents · sinking

F/V bv 99079 ts, 15 persons on board, taking on water in 09-43.00N 108-33.00E at 240530Z aug

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2423/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-24 18:45Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates
NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-24 07:32Z. First collected 2026-08-24 20:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-28 19:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
South China Sea. The parsed report position is 9.717, 108.550. 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
2026-08-24 07:32Z
status
Cancelled notice
sea
South China Sea
position
9.717, 108.550
vessel
F/V BV · 101 messages
source
NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-24 20:02Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
VIETNAM.
F/V BV 99079 TS, 15 PERSONS ON BOARD,
TAKING ON WATER IN 09-43.00N 108-33.00E
AT 240530Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM,
EMAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.

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.
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.
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 · distress & casualty cases (archived)

956 within 180 nm since 1998 · 8 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 12:21Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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