M/V, white hull, three persons on board, capsized and adrift vicinity 12-12S 043-38E
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 606/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-03-10 10:34Z
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 REUNION 012000Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-01 21:37Z. 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
- Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -12.200, 43.633. 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 41/122012-01-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 606/12 · this notice2012-03-01 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2012-03-01 21:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC REUNION 012000Z MAR 12.
- issued by
- MRCC REUNION
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -12.200, 43.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL. COMOROS ISLANDS. M/V, WHITE HULL, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, CAPSIZED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 12-12S 043-38E. ONE MAN OVERBOARD. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422 799 193, TELEX: 916 140F, PHONE: 26 226 243 4343, FAX: 26 226 271 1595.
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.
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
197 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.
- Six meter F/V mariziki 1, white and brown hull, two persons onboard, overdue2024-01-21
- Six meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue moroni harbor (11-42.00S 043-14.54E) and return2023-07-27
- F/V ND517, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island to mayotte2023-06-11
- Six meter F/V, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue from hantsindzi (11-26.00S 043-24.00E)2023-06-06
- F/V, yellow and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue grand comoros island (11-55.00S 043-30.00E) to…2023-05-29
- F/V, two persons on board, overdue anjouan island (12-14.00S 044-19.00E) to mayotte island (12-58.00S…2023-05-29
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 00:57Z; 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.