F/V py 92629 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-48.00N 115-28.00E
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3145/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-05 01:13Z
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 030751Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-03 07:55Z. 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 10.800, 115.467. 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 py 92629 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-37.00N 115-26.00E at…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 3145/23 · this notice2023-10-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3162/232023-10-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2023-10-03 07:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 0/23 030751Z OCT 23.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 10.800, 115.467
- 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. F/V PY 92629 TS, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 10-48.00N 115-28.00E. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
323 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 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.
- Man overboard from F/V bd 99146 ts in 09-09.00N 114-32.00E at 130315Z jan2026-01-13
- F/V py 96202 ts, five persons on board, sank in 10-22.50N 114-28.61E at 272352Z nov2025-11-28
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 09-49.74N 114-24.72E at 070145Z may2024-05-07
- F/V qng 90729 ts suffered collision in 08-00.00N 115-02.00E at 212000Z apr2024-04-22
- Fisherman missing from F/V bd 98497 ts in 11-07.00N 113-49.00E at 021230Z apr2024-04-03
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-58.58N 114-39.01E at 310345Z mar2024-03-31
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:55Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.