F/V dna 90406-TS, 35 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 16-20N 113-00E at…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3247/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-12-03 10:31Z
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 190124Z NOV 11.. Issued 2011-11-19 01:57Z. 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 16.333, 113.000. 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
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 3191/112011-11-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3192/112011-11-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3247/11 · this notice2011-11-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2011-11-19 01:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 190124Z NOV 11.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 16.333, 113.000
- vessel
- F/V DNA 90406-TS
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. F/V DNA 90406-TS, 35 PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE TROUBLE IN 16-20N 113-00E AT 181500Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, PHONE: 43 768 3050, FAX: 43 768 3048.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
395 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 qng 90077 ts, 19 persons on board, adrift due to a broken shaft in vicinity 15-58.00N 110-04.00E at…2024-04-14
- F/V qna 90187 ts, four persons on board, flooding in vicinity 16-24.00N 110-29.00E2024-04-01
- 20 meter vessel, capsized and adrift in vicinity 15-35.36N 112-51.79E at 301000Z nov2023-12-01
- F/V qng 90458 ts, 11 persons on board, sinking in vicinity 16-05.00N 111-15.00E at 301400Z nov2023-11-30
- 15 meter catamaran capsized and adrift in vicinity of 15-35.36N 112-51.79E at 301000Z nov2023-11-30
- F/V qng 90251 ts, 39 persons onboard disabled and adrift, flooding in 13-28.00N 112-24.00E at 202000Z nov2023-11-20
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 08:56Z; 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.