Distress signal received from 19 meter F/V babouk in 10-48.3S 060-16.6E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 768/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-03-04 15:19Z
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 041512Z MAR 17.. Issued 2017-03-04 15:19Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -10.805, 60.277. 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
- Distress signal received from 19 meter F/V babouk, blue and white hull, seven persons on board, in 10-53.6S…later cancellation notice
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 768/17 · this notice2017-03-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 769/172017-03-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 770/172017-03-04 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2017-03-04 15:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC REUNION 041512Z MAR 17.
- issued by
- MRCC REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -10.805, 60.277
- vessel
- F/V BABOUK · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 02. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM 19 METER F/V BABOUK IN 10-48.3S 060-16.6E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422799193, PHONE: 2622 6243 4343, FAX: 2622 6271 1595, E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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.
- 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)
9 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 F/V shen hui 04 in 11-00S 059-20E at 172000Z nov2018-11-18
- Distress signal received from 19 meter F/V babouk, blue and white hull, seven persons on board, in 10-53.6S…2017-03-04
- Distress signal received from 19 meter F/V babouk, blue and white hull, seven persons on board, in 10-53.6S…2017-03-04
- Vessel, one person on board, unreported cape town (33-55-31S 018-25-26E) to phuket (07-53-17N 098-23-51E)2015-02-16
- Vessel, one person on board, unreported cape town (33-55-31S 018-25-26E) to phuket (07-53-17N 098-23-51E)2015-02-16
- 42 foot F/V brayan putha III, white, yellow and green hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift…2013-01-05
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
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 06:34Z; 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.