ONBOARD SOS MEDITERRANEE Activities and observations of our rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean
September 10, 2023
12:24

RHIBs find an empty iron boat.

12:07

Ocean Viking calls via Sat Phone LYJRCC. No answer.

12:06

Ocean Viking calls via Sat Phone LYJRCC. No answer.

11:55

Ocean Viking launches rescue boats and asses the situation

11:40

Ocean Viking tries to reach via Sat Phone LYJRCC. No answer.

11:39

Ocean Viking tries to reach via Sat Phone LYJRCC. No answer.

July 5, 2023
May 22, 2023
February 13, 2023
11:37

Ocean Viking sails past a half sunk rubber boat, only the bow is still afloat.

January 6, 2023
October 20, 2022
August 25, 2022
07:30

Ocean Viking spots an empty blue wooden boat, adrift.

August 24, 2022
19:36

Ocean Viking spots an empty wooden boat blue and white adrift.

17:24

Ocean Viking spots an empty large blue wooden boat adrift, without engine, in the vicinity of the last known distress position.

16:54

Ocean Viking spots a wooden boat, half submerged.

16:54

Ocean Viking spots a wooden boat, half submerged.

07:36

Ocean Viking spots a wooden boat adrift, empty, marked with “CP 13/xx/2022”.

July 22, 2022
July 2, 2022
June 25, 2022
16:20

Ocean Viking spots a rubber boat in the water and launchs RHIBS to investigate. The team onboard the RHIBS finds an empty rubber boat adrift.

July 2, 2021
November 16, 2019
16:04

Ocean Viking’s RHIB identifies a deflated rubber boat in position 33°29.9’N 012°23.1’E

November 13, 2019
19:54

Ocean Viking asks Maltese JRCC if it should proceed to empty boat adrift and receives a negative answer

19:22

Maltese JRCC sends a Navtex message about empty wooden boat in position 34°04’N 013°53’E

September 8, 2019
10:52

A small wooden boat is found adrift, with no engine and no one on board