Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 25-55.2N 176-59.9W at 120512Z aug
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1192/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-08-13 08:20Z
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) · HONOSARCOORD 087/00 120545Z AUG 00. Issued 2000-08-12 08:50Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 25.920, -176.998. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1192/00 and this msg, signal ceasedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2000-08-12 08:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HONOSARCOORD 087/00 120545Z AUG 00
- issued by
- HONOSARCOORD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 25.920, -176.998
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 243 MHZ IN 25-55.2N 176-59.9W AT 120512Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD HONOLULU.
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)
9 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 on 121.5 mhz in vicinity 23-46N 175-07W at 271917Z nov 192019-11-27
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-37.5N 178-00.5W at 141350Z jan2016-01-14
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-45.1N 175-44.0W at 132331Z oct2014-10-14
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-36.0N 174-24.5W at 171100Z may2013-05-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-36.7N 179-54.4W at 050603Z may2013-05-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-54.0N 179-06.6W at 172232Z jan2011-01-17
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 2026-09-25 07:45Z; 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.