Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V chien tsao NO.322 in 25-17S 005-19E at 011800Z aug
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1223/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-09-17 09:35Z
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 CAPE TOWN 012253Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-01 23:08Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -25.283, 5.317. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2011-08-01 23:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC CAPE TOWN 012253Z AUG 11.
- issued by
- MRCC CAPE TOWN
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -25.283, 5.317
- vessel
- F/V CHIEN TSAO NO.322
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH ATLANTIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM F/V CHIEN TSAO NO.322 IN 25-17S 005-19E AT 011800Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC CAPE TOWN OR CAPE TOWN RADIO.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
10 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- S/V akeal II, white hull, one person on board, overdue cape town (33-55.50S 018-25.40E) to st2023-04-12
- Derelict lifeboat capsized and adrift in vicinity 25-59.1S 006-32.4E2020-08-18
- Derelict vessel adrift and sinking in 27-32.3S 007-25.7E2016-12-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel yumapi in 27-20.24S 007-37.16E at 220954Z dec2012-12-22
- 40 foot S/V galaxie, blue hull, overdue cape town (33-54S 018-26E) to st helena island (16-00S 005-40W)2009-03-27
- Distress signal received from M/V felicia in 23-56.19S 007-48.54E at 151234Z dec2006-12-15
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 15:03Z; 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.