Man overboard from M/V san alesio vicinity 21-19.0S 038-53.7E at 071700Z apr
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 710/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-04-25 09:29Z
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) · CAPE TOWN RADIO 080817Z APR 09.. Issued 2009-04-08 16:02Z. 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 -21.317, 38.895. 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
- Man overboard from M/V san alessio vicinity 20-55S 039-15E at 071000Z aprcancelled by this notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 700/092009-04-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 710/09 · this notice2009-04-08 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2009-04-08 16:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CAPE TOWN RADIO 080817Z APR 09.
- issued by
- CAPE TOWN RADIO
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -21.317, 38.895
- vessel
- M/V SAN ALESIO
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V SAN ALESIO VICINITY 21-19.0S 038-53.7E AT 071700Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO CAPE TOWN RADIO. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 700/09.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
10 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.
- Man overboard from cableship kavo perdika in 22-18.37S 038-05.49E2024-04-15
- Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 22-15S 036-32E, 22-50S 036-50E2019-05-15
- F/V reported on fire, two liferafts adrift in 20-05.6S 038-37.2E2017-07-09
- Distress signal received from M/V everton, 16 persons on board, in 20-20S 037-58E at 261014Z sep2012-09-26
- Vessel pelagic reports skipper requiring medical assistance in 21-36-44S 039-41-47E2011-10-29
- 29 meter F/V VEGA-5 overdue2010-12-29
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 2026-10-03 04:58Z; 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.