F/V qna 90927TS, 38 persons on board, sank in 13-33.00N 113-30.00E at 161800Z oct
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3300/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-03 17:09Z
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 170306Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-17 03:28Z. 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 13.558, 113.500. 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 3300/23 · this notice2023-10-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3429/232023-10-30 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2023-10-17 03:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 0/23 170306Z OCT 23.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 13.558, 113.500
- vessels
- F/V QNA 90927TSF/V QNA 91782TS
- 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. 1. F/V QNA 90927TS, 38 PERSONS ON BOARD, SANK IN 13-33.00N 113-30.00E AT 161800Z OCT. 37 PERSONS RESCUED, ONE PERSON REMAIN MISSING. 2. F/V QNA 91782TS REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 13-34.00N 113-30.00E. 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
535 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 93959 ts in 13-09.00N 111-26.00E at 090700Z aug2026-08-17
- M/V fenghuang, 23 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 11-36.00N 111-49.00E at 120314Z apr2026-04-12
- F/V bd 97696 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-12.00N 111-35.00E at…2024-04-10
- Fisherman missing from F/V bd 98497 ts in 11-07.00N 113-49.00E at 021230Z apr2024-04-03
- F/V py 95345 ts, four persons on board, taking on water in 13-17.00N 110-49.00E at 270325 feb2024-02-27
- 20 meter vessel, capsized and adrift in vicinity 15-35.36N 112-51.79E at 301000Z nov2023-12-01
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
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 02:58Z; 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.