Incidents · overdue

Stiffe bank lightvessel 26-25N 053-07E missing

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 753/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-02-06 10:20Z

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) · NAVAREA IX 120/02 220838Z APR 02. Issued 2002-04-22 16:00Z. 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: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 26.417, 53.117. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

CHART 62521 (3RD ED).
STIFFE BANK LIGHTVESSEL 26-25N 053-07E MISSING.

Reading this warning

Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.

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

44 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.

Man overboard from vessel capsized and adrift in 26-52.1N 052-19.4E2022-03-17
Distress signal received in vicinity 27-00N 052-00E2021-11-17
Tug boat delma, blue and white hull, unreported2021-03-12
Derelict F/V capsized and anchored in 26-36.34N 050-54.10E2019-09-25
Derelict vessel adrift and sinking in 26-30.3N 056-26.3E at 161000Z aug2019-08-16
Man overboard from M/V j master in vicinity 26-58N 052-19E at 041000Z dec2018-12-05

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

Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 54.9 nm
Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 64.1 nm
Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 64.2 nm
Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 64.4 nm
Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 65.1 nm
Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 67.6 nm
Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 78.4 nm
Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 80.2 nm
Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 82.9 nm
Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 83 nm
Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 92.9 nm
RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperativeNav aids · 118 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:30Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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