52 foot F/V serenity, blue and white hull, five persons on board, unreported vicinity 16-15.0N 162-19.8W
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1240/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-06-11 09:19Z
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 HONOLULU 230758ZZ APR 11.. Issued 2011-04-23 09:47Z. 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 16.250, -162.330. 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 North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2011-04-23 09:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC HONOLULU 230758ZZ APR 11.
- issued by
- JRCC HONOLULU
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 16.250, -162.330
- vessel
- F/V SERENITY · 7 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. 52 FOOT F/V SERENITY, BLUE AND WHITE HULL, FIVE PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED VICINITY 16-15.0N 162-19.8W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD HONOLULU, TELEX: 392401, PHONE: 808 535 3333, FAX: 808 535 3338, E-MAIL: JRCCHONOLULU@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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)
12 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- F/V sea smile, numerous persons on board, taking on water in 14-22.20N 164-30.00W2023-03-03
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-00.00N 161-30.00W at 080216Z aug2022-08-08
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lady anna in 16-58N 159-37W at 110506Z jun2021-06-11
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 17-50N 160-40W at 050115Z dec2020-12-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 17-50N 160-40W at 050115Z dec2020-12-05
- Distress signal received in vicinity 14-04N 160-49W on 08 apr2020-04-11
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 2026-10-03 00:05Z; 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.