S/V mehr disabled and stranded in 21-37N 037-45E
Red Sea · HYDROPAC 918/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-04-09 12:14Z
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 124/21 231111Z MAR 21.. Issued 2021-03-23 11:19Z. 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
- Red Sea. The parsed report position is 21.617, 37.750. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2021-03-23 11:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 124/21 231111Z MAR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Red Sea
- position
- 21.617, 37.750
- vessel
- S/V MEHR
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
RED SEA. SUDAN. DNC 10. S/V MEHR DISABLED AND STRANDED IN 21-37N 037-45E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO NAVAREA IX, INMARSAT-C: 446300048, PHONE: 9221 9921 4624, 9221 4850 6821, 9221 4850 6152, 9221 4850 61511, FAX: 9221 9921 4625, 922 1920 1623, 9221 9920 3246, E-MAIL: HQMSA@CYBER.NET.PK, HYDROPK@PAKNAVY.GOV.PK, HYDROPK@GMAIL.COM.
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.
- 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.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- 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 · derelict & adrift vessels
2 within 180 nm since 2015 · 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.
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:43Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.