Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 12-03.8N 120-06.1E
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 1433/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-09-21 11:20Z
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) · PACC RCC POR EGC#872 072019Z AUG 02. Issued 2002-08-07 20:40Z. 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 12.063, 120.102. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2002-08-07 20:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PACC RCC POR EGC#872 072019Z AUG 02
- issued by
- PACC RCC POR
- sea
- Sulu Sea
- position
- 12.063, 120.102
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ IN 12-03.8N 120-06.1E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO PAC RCC, TELEX: 392401, PHONE: 1 808 531 1112, FAX: 1 808 541 2123.
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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
37 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.
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- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-24N 118-48E2020-08-07
- F/V bd 96303 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-00N 117-50E at…2019-11-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-52.8N 117-58.8E at 070024Z sep2019-09-07
- Three persons overboard from vessel capsized and adrift in 10-40.44N 122-35.00E on 03 aug2019-08-05
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
- Submarine pipeline works by M/V fortitudeCable ops · 75 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:07Z; 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.