Distress message received from 60 foot S/V felice serena, three persons on board, in 31-28.5S 173-35.9E at…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1173/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-11-04 07:55Z
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) · MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND 030635Z NOV 99. Issued 1999-11-03 07:05Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -31.475, 173.598. 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
- Derelict yacht gajet, cream hull, adrift in 33-52S 169-00Elater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 1999-11-03 07:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND 030635Z NOV 99
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -31.475, 173.598
- vessel
- S/V FELICE SERENA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM 60 FOOT S/V FELICE SERENA, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, IN 31-28.5S 173-35.9E AT 030633Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 451200067, PHONE: 644914 5663, FAX: 644914 5520 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
50 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.
- Distress signal received in 31-14.00S 171-58.00E2023-12-29
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 30-24.00S 171-09.00E2023-10-27
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 16 meter sunken vessel enchanter in vicinity 34-24.87S 173-03.53E2022-03-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 16 meter vessel enchanter in 34-24.87S 173-03.53E2022-03-20
- 42 foot S/V heritage, one person on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 34-02.8S 173-28.6E2021-10-19
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 31-57.46S 174-44.18E2017-12-22
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 05:07Z; 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.