11 meter vessel galileo, white hull, overdue vilankulo (22-00S 35-19E) to durban (29-52S 031-01E)
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 399/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-03-28 16:55Z
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 CAPE TOWN 121220Z FEB 16.. Issued 2016-02-12 13:31Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -29.867, 31.017. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 399/16, 807/16, 813/16, 820/16, 821/16, 832/16, 834/16, 845/16, 874/16later cancellation notice
- issued
- 2016-02-12 13:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN 121220Z FEB 16.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -29.867, 31.017
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL. MOZAMBIQUE TO SOUTH AFRICA. DNC 02. 11 METER VESSEL GALILEO, WHITE HULL, OVERDUE VILANKULO (22-00S 35-19E) TO DURBAN (29-52S 031-01E). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IS POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN OR CAPE TOWN RADIO.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- 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)
17 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.
- Distress signal received in vicinity 30-53.60S 030-42.00E2023-03-20
- Aircraft overdue within 200 miles of st lucia (28-22-49S 032-24-22E) to richards bay (28-49-23S 031-59-31E)2018-06-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-05.9S 031-53.3E2017-05-10
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-05.0S 031-53.7E2017-05-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 31-50.4S 032-14.4E at 080903Z may2017-05-08
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V lama lo vicinity 32-00S 030-00E2015-10-17
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 2026-10-03 20:26Z; 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.