F/V bth 265 pq, three persons on board, unreported
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 75/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-02-26 10:15Z
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 VUNGTAU 072341Z JAN 11.. Issued 2011-01-08 00:09Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 10.817, 108.900. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2011-01-08 00:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VUNGTAU 072341Z JAN 11.
- issued by
- MRCC VUNGTAU
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 10.817, 108.900
- vessel
- F/V BTH 265 PQ
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. F/V BTH 265 PQ, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION 10-49N 108-54E AT 051900Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
906 within 180 nm since 1998 · 8 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.
- F/V bv 99079 ts, 15 persons on board, taking on water in 09-43.00N 108-33.00E at 240530Z aug2026-08-24
- Man overboard from F/V bth 99564 ts in 10-01.00N 107-31.00E at 010230Z aug2026-08-01
- Man overboard from F/V nt 02073 ts in 10-43.00N 108-21.00E at 152300Z apr2026-04-17
- M/V fenghuang, 23 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 11-36.00N 111-49.00E at 120314Z apr2026-04-12
- F/V kh 90026 ts, eight persons on board, unreported2026-01-12
- F/V nt 90329 ts sank in 11-47.56N 109-11.35E at 272230Z nov2025-11-29
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
- Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 71.1 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 71.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:41Z; 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.