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Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 16-57.6N 145-03.4E at 041103Z aug

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1343/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-08-05 17:22Z

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) · GUAMSARCOORD 041106Z AUG 03. Issued 2003-08-04 11:51Z. 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
Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 16.960, 145.057. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 1341/032003-08-04 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1343/03 · this notice2003-08-04 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1351/032003-08-05 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 1408/032003-08-15 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROPAC 1474/032003-08-26 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROPAC 1564/032003-09-11 · Archived notice
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issued
2003-08-04 11:51Z
status
Archived notice
authority
GUAMSARCOORD 041106Z AUG 03
issued by
GUAMSARCOORD
sea
Philippine Sea
position
16.960, 145.057
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 16-57.6N 145-03.4E
AT 041103Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD GUAM.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

122 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 2026-10-02 06:07Z; 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) →

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