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12 meter S/V ZAP1, white hull with blue and red stripes, unreported nosy be island (13-20S 048-15E) to…

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2623/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-30 12:30Z

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 140730Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-14 09:11Z. 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 -13.117, 48.425. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-08-14 09:11Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC CAPE TOWN 140730Z AUG 19.
issued by
MRCC CAPE TOWN
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-13.117, 48.425
vessel
S/V ZAP1
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
MADAGASCAR.
DNC 02.
12 METER S/V ZAP1, WHITE HULL WITH BLUE AND RED
STRIPES, UNREPORTED NOSY BE ISLAND (13-20S 048-15E)
TO MITSIO ISLAND (12-54S 048-36E).
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN,
PHONE: 272 1938 3300,
E-MAIL: MRCC.CT@SAMSA.ORG.ZA,
MARITIMERADIO@IXMAIL.CO.ZA.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

2 within 180 nm since 2019 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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20

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-10-01 13:49Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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

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