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Five persons overboard vicinity 18-21N 116-15E

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3322/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-10-11 00:35Z

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) · HKMRCC 38/15 090620Z OCT 15.. Issued 2015-10-09 00:14Z. 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 18.350, 116.250. 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
2015-10-09 00:14Z
status
Archived notice
authority
HKMRCC 38/15 090620Z OCT 15.
issued by
HKMRCC
sea
South China Sea
position
18.350, 116.250
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
DNC 23.
1. FIVE PERSONS OVERBOARD VICINITY 18-21N 116-15E.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
   LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
   MRCC HONG KONG, PHONE: 852 2233 7999,
   E-MAIL: HKMRCC@MARDEP.GOV.HK.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3314/15.

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.
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.

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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