Incidents · distress

Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V capitola vicinity 53-12N 173-15W

Bering Sea · HYDROPAC 1075/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-05-21 09:29Z

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) · JRCC JUNEAU 061758Z APR 11.. Issued 2011-04-06 18:40Z. 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
Bering Sea. The parsed report position is 53.200, -173.250. 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 Bering Sea →

issued
2011-04-06 18:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC JUNEAU 061758Z APR 11.
issued by
JRCC JUNEAU
sea
Bering Sea
position
53.200, -173.250
vessel
M/V CAPITOLA
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BEARING SEA.
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM
M/V CAPITOLA VICINITY 53-12N 173-15W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A
SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS
TO US COAST GUARD.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

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

4 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 22:55Z; 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) →

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