Distress signal recieved on 121.5 mhz vicinity 11-07.3N 121-33.4E
Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 1447/02
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) · PAC RCC POR EGC#888 101616Z AUG 02. Issued 2002-08-10 16:39Z. 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 11.122, 121.557. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2002-08-10 16:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PAC RCC POR EGC#888 101616Z AUG 02
- issued by
- PAC RCC POR
- sea
- Sulu Sea
- position
- 11.122, 121.557
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECIEVED ON 121.5 MHZ VICINITY 11-07.3N 121-33.4E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO PAC RCC, TELEX: 392401, FAX: 808 541 2123, PHONE: 808 531 1112.
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)
20 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 406 mhz from M/V pis pioneer in 13-31.00N 119-48.40E2023-11-14
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V gs avenue in 12-44.3N 119-32.6E at 120108Z dec2021-12-12
- Three persons overboard from vessel capsized and adrift in 10-40.44N 122-35.00E on 03 aug2019-08-05
- Man overboard from M/V songa breeze in 11-58N 118-48E at 251317Z dec2018-12-25
- Man overboard from vessel in 08-29N 121-37E2018-08-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-15.9N 119-25.1E2018-01-17
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 2026-10-03 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.