Distress signal received on 6312 khz in 00-15N 119-38E at 141926Z jul
Makassar Strait · HYDROPAC 1112/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-08-26 10:50Z
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) · SINGAPORE PORT OPS CONTROL CENTRE POR EGC #400 142155Z JUL 01. Issued 2001-07-14 22:27Z. 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
- Makassar Strait. The parsed report position is 0.250, 119.633. 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 Makassar Strait →
- issued
- 2001-07-14 22:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SINGAPORE PORT OPS CONTROL CENTRE POR EGC #400 142155Z JUL 01
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- Makassar Strait
- position
- 0.250, 119.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 6312 KHZ IN 00-15N 119-38E AT 141926Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, TELEX: 20021, FAX: 227 9971.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
17 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- One person missing from M/V ocean brave in vicinity 00-41.94S 118-29.48E at 090030Z sep2023-09-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V freydis in 02-49.40N 119-26.38E at 090119Z may2023-05-09
- Vessel km ocean 17, blue and red hull, 18 persons on board, unreported muara baru (00-16.09S 117-37.25E) to…2022-08-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V bunga mawar in 01-23.5N 120-50.3E at 092039Z apr2022-04-10
- Vessel, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 02-00N 120-00E at 051500Z jul2020-07-26
- 25 meter F/V ggm, 20 persons on board, disabled due to engine trouble in 01-00S 121-00E at 182300Z may2020-05-19
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 23:02Z; 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.