Man overboard from vessel prema one in 14-00N 119-50E at 280637Z aug
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3149/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-09-14 13:44Z
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 HONG KONG 280800Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-28 08:09Z. 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 14.000, 119.833. 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
- Distress signal received from vessel prema one in 13-52N 119-49E at 280637Z augcancelled by this 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 3148/182018-08-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3149/18 · this notice2018-08-28 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2018-08-28 08:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC HONG KONG 280800Z AUG 18.
- issued by
- MRCC HONG KONG
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 14.000, 119.833
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. PHILIPPINES. DNC 11. 1. MAN OVERBOARD FROM VESSEL PREMA ONE IN 14-00N 119-50E AT 280637Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC HONG KONG, PHONE: 852 2233 7999, FAX: 852 2541 7714, E-MAIL: HKMRCC@MARDEP.GOV.HK. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3148/18.
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.
- 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 · distress & casualty cases (archived)
56 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V pis pioneer in 13-31.00N 119-48.40E2023-11-14
- Distress signal received from MV theodoros p in 15-11.00N 118-26.00E at 191920Z jan2023-01-19
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V gs avenue in 12-44.3N 119-32.6E at 120108Z dec2021-12-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-24N 118-48E2020-08-07
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V corona wisdom in 15-25.4N 119-38.2E at 260913Z jul2020-07-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-57.2N 117-01.4E at 010243Z jul2020-07-01
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
- Manira NAVTEX station, j, 14-30.3N 121-03.9E, inoperativeNav aids · 77.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:56Z; 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.