Incidents · overdue

Three f/v's, three persons on board each, overdue glorieuses islands (11-33.0S 047-20.0E) to mayotte…

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 327/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-02-16 11:10Z

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 REUNION 010550Z FEB 13.. Issued 2013-02-01 06:26Z. 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
Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -12.259, 46.268. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2013-02-01 06:26Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC REUNION 010550Z FEB 13.
issued by
MRCC REUNION
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-12.259, 46.268
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
COMOROS ISLANDS.
THREE F/V'S, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD EACH, OVERDUE
GLORIEUSES ISLANDS (11-33.0S 047-20.0E) TO
MAYOTTE (12-50.6S 045-08.3E). LAST KNOWN POSITION
VICINITY 12-23.0S 046-20.0E. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422799193,
TELEX: 916140F, PHONE: 26 226 243 4343,
FAX: 26 226 271 1595, E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Overdue vessel
A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
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.
Last known position
The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

201 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:32Z; 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) →

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