Distress signal received from M/V vf glory in 08-03.00N 120-06.00E
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 1132/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-04-04 19:01Z
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 HONG KONG 0/23 041709Z APR 23.. Issued 2023-04-04 17:18Z. 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
- Sulu Sea. The parsed report position is 8.050, 120.100. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received from M/V vf glory in 08-06.00N 120-06.00E at 041307Z aprlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1132/23 · this notice2023-04-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1133/232023-04-04 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2023-04-04 17:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC HONG KONG 0/23 041709Z APR 23.
- issued by
- MRCC HONG KONG
- sea
- Sulu Sea
- position
- 8.050, 120.100
- vessel
- M/V VF GLORY · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SULU SEA. DNC 11. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V VF GLORY IN 08-03.00N 120-06.00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC HONG KONG, PHONE: 852 2233 7999, FAX: 852 2541 7714, E-MAIL: HKMRCC@MARDEP.GOV.HK.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- 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)
11 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.
- Distress signal received from M/V vf glory in 08-06.00N 120-06.00E at 041307Z apr2023-04-04
- Man overboard from vessel in 08-29N 121-37E2018-08-09
- M/V, six persons on board, possibly hijacked2016-11-11
- F/V qng 90207 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 08-17N 117-37E at 070400Z…2012-11-10
- F/V qng 95712, nine persons on board, aground in 08-21N 117-21E at 171400Z feb2012-02-17
- Distress signal received from M/V viva vicinity 07-40N 119-25E2008-09-05
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 02:56Z; 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.