19 meter F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in in 11-20.00N…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 312/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-01-28 08:55Z
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 280338Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-28 03:45Z. 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 11.333, 109.100. 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
- 19 meter F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-24.00N…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 312/23 and this msg, vessel assistedlater 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 311/232023-01-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 312/23 · this notice2023-01-28 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2023-01-28 03:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 0/23 280338Z JAN 23.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 11.333, 109.100
- 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 IN 11-20.00N 109-06.00E AT 280233Z 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 311/23.
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
67 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 11-24.00N…2023-01-28
- M/V xin ao yuan jian, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-30.25N 108-05.95E at 260117Z jan2023-01-26
- 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
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 · 96.8 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 96.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 08:18Z; 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.