Incidents · sinking

F/V bd 91305-TS, 11 persons on board, taking on water in 11-20N 111-40E at 172345Z feb

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 465/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-03 10:52Z

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 VIETNAM 180544Z FEB 12 - AUSSAR 1226/12 CX 180611Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-18 06:39Z. 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 11.333, 111.667. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 463/122012-02-18 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 465/12 · this notice2012-02-18 · Archived notice
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issued
2012-02-18 06:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC VIETNAM 180544Z FEB 12 - AUSSAR 1226/12 CX 180611Z FEB 12.
issued by
MRCC VIETNAM
sea
South China Sea
position
11.333, 111.667
vessel
F/V BD 91305-TS
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
1. F/V BD 91305-TS, 11 PERSONS ON BOARD, TAKING ON WATER
   IN 11-20N 111-40E AT 172345Z FEB. VESSELS 
   IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST
   IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM,
   PHONE: 64 385 0950, FAX: 64 381 0353.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 463/12(74), VESSEL ASSISTED.

Reading this warning

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

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