Vessel, two persons on board, requesting assistance in 02-16S 047-22E.VESSELS in vicinity requested to keep…
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 4202/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-07 14:12Z
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) · NAVAREA VIII 795/18 231000Z NOV 18.. Issued 2018-11-23 10:09Z. 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 -2.267, 47.367. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2018-11-23 10:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 795/18 231000Z NOV 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -2.267, 47.367
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02. VESSEL, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 02-16S 047-22E.VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO NAVAREA VIII, PHONE: 9113 5274 7365, FAX: 9113 5274 8373, E-MAIL: MSIS-INHO@NAVY.GOV.IN, INHO@NAVY.GOV.IN.
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.
- 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.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
5 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.
- 34 foot M/V sacred ibis, jeanneau mono hull, unreported turkey to richards bay2006-01-30
- Distress signal received from M/V panther in 00-16S 049-16E at 090104Z oct2005-10-09
- Man overboard from M/V laemthong pride 03-01S 044-31E on 06 feb2005-02-07
- Man overboard from M/V mt al MADINA-1 vicinity 00-28.0S 047-17.6E at 191900Z nov1999-11-20
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 03:24Z; 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.