F/V bv 6774TS, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-28.8N 107-21.0E at 172100Z dec
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3526/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-12-31 11:08Z
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 VUNGTAU 180239Z DEC 11.. Issued 2011-12-18 02:49Z. 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 9.480, 107.350. 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 3522/112011-12-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3526/11 · this notice2011-12-18 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2011-12-18 02:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VUNGTAU 180239Z DEC 11.
- issued by
- MRCC VUNGTAU
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 9.480, 107.350
- vessel
- F/V BV 6774TS
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. VIETNAM-SOUTH COAST. F/V BV 6774TS, SEVEN PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 09-28.8N 107-21.0E AT 172100Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VUNGTAU, PHONE: 64 385 0350, FAX: 64 381 0353.
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)
922 within 180 nm since 1998 · 9 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 bv 99079 ts, 15 persons on board, taking on water in 09-43.00N 108-33.00E at 240530Z aug2026-08-24
- One person missing from F/V kg 94532 ts in 09-16.95N 104-34.96E at 151230Z aug2026-08-15
- Man overboard from F/V bth 99564 ts in 10-01.00N 107-31.00E at 010230Z aug2026-08-01
- Man overboard from F/V nt 02073 ts in 10-43.00N 108-21.00E at 152300Z apr2026-04-17
- Man overboard from F/V bv 0340 ts at 140810Z apr in 06-45.00N 107-03.00E2026-04-15
- F/V kh 90026 ts, eight persons on board, unreported2026-01-12
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
- Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 59.3 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 59.3 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 112.2 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 113.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:35Z; 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.