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Two persons overboard from F/V py 96697 ts in 12-32N 111-42E at 311800Z jul

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2608/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-08-18 10:51Z

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 VIETNAM 010330Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-01 03:59Z. 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 12.533, 111.700. 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
2017-08-01 03:59Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC VIETNAM 010330Z AUG 17.
issued by
MRCC VIETNAM
sea
South China Sea
position
12.533, 111.700
vessel
F/V PY · 99 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
DNC 11.
TWO PERSONS OVERBOARD FROM F/V PY 96697 TS
IN 12-32N 111-42E AT 311800Z JUL. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 8422 5398 1615,
E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.

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.
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.
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 · other warnings

15 within 180 nm since 2007 · 0 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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 16:11Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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