Incidents · overdue

F/V, white and orange hull, four persons on board, unreported mayotte island to geyser reef (12-25S 046-10E)…

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 991/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-06-29 07:20Z

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) · MRCC REUNION IOR EGC #595 271109Z JUN 01. Issued 2001-06-27 13:06Z. 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
Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -12.417, 46.167. 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

These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROPAC 991/01 · this notice2001-06-27 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1002/012001-06-29 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1003/012001-06-29 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →

issued
2001-06-27 13:06Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC REUNION IOR EGC #595 271109Z JUN 01
issued by
MRCC REUNION IOR EGC
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-12.417, 46.167
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

F/V, WHITE AND ORANGE HULL, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD,
UNREPORTED MAYOTTE ISLAND TO GEYSER REEF (12-25S 046-10E)
AND RETURN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION,
TELEX: 916140, PHONE: 262 434 343, FAX: 262 711 595.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.

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

206 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:05Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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