Man overboard from M/V gihock in vicinity 10-25.2N 110-37.5E at 150030Z dec
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 976/98
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-01-23 00:00Z
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). Issued 1998-12-15 08:25Z. 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 10.420, 110.625. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 976/98(71,93), 33/99(93), 38/99(94) and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 1998-12-15 08:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 10.420, 110.625
- vessel
- M/V GIHOCK
- 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 GIHOCK IN VICINITY 10-25.2N 110-37.5E AT 150030Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 969/98(97), VESSEL ASSISTED.
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)
838 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 bd 93959 ts in 13-09.00N 111-26.00E at 090700Z aug2026-08-17
- M/V khoi nguyen 18 flooding and sinking in 09-00.00N 112-00.00E at 211538Z jul2026-08-17
- 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
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 01:57Z; 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.