Incidents · disabled

F/V belma, 14 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 28-21S 037-59E

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 4587/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-01-11 14:56Z

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 261159Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-26 13:30Z. 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 -28.350, 37.983. 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: 2018-12-26 13:30Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC CAPE TOWN 261159Z DEC 18.
issued by: MRCC CAPE TOWN
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -28.350, 37.983
vessel: F/V BELMA
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.
F/V BELMA, 14 PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT
IN 28-21S 037-59E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN, PHONE: 272 1551 0700,
E-MAIL: MRCC.CT@SAMSA.ORG.ZA,
MARITIMERADIO@IXMAIL.CO.ZA.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

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