19 meter F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-24.00N…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 311/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-01-28 03:45Z
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 0/23 280307Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-28 03:14Z. 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 11.400, 109.150. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 11-39.00N 109-16.00E at…cancelled by this notice
- 19 meter F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in in 11-20.00N…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 311/23 · this notice2023-01-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 312/232023-01-28 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2023-01-28 03:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 0/23 280307Z JAN 23.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 11.400, 109.150
- vessel
- F/V BD · 290 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. VIETNAM. DNC 11. 1. 19 METER F/V BD 98103 TS, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 11-24.00N 109-09.00E AT 280150Z JAN. 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. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 308/23.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
64 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.
- F/V bd 98833 ts disabled and adrift in 11-20.00N 111-23.00E at 252000Z nov2023-11-26
- 19 meter F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in in 11-20.00N…2023-01-28
- M/V AMR1 disabled and adrift in 10-10.00N 109-11.00E at 091255Z dec2022-12-09
- F/V kh 97768 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-31.00N 110-58.00E at 132127Z oct2022-10-14
- F/V kh 97768 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-45.00N 110-51.00E at 131540Z oct2022-10-13
- F/V kh 97768 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-48.00N 110-48.00E at 131200Z oct2022-10-13
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
- Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 101.5 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 101.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:43Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.