Distress signal received from F/V wamo, four persons on board, vicinity 10-34.4N 051-35.4E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1048/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-08-02 16:36Z
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) · RCC ALAMEDA 08 JUN 06.. Issued 2006-06-08 16:31Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 10.573, 51.590. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2006-06-08 16:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 08 JUN 06.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 10.573, 51.590
- vessel
- F/V WAMO
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM F/V WAMO, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, VICINITY 10-34.4N 051-35.4E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA, TELEX: 2301 72343, PHONE: 510 437 3701, FAX: 510 437 3017.
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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
21 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- M/V bismillah, eight persons on board, unreported2023-01-24
- F/V al sharqia, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 13-32N 051-12E…2021-11-10
- S/V almanar, brown hull, 15 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-44N 053-06E at…2020-05-20
- M/V unreported2017-03-14
- M/V dubai moon sank in 12-39N 053-07E2010-05-22
- Distress signal received from vessel dubai moon in 11-17N 052-21E2010-05-20
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 02:01Z; 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.