Distress signal received vicinity 22-13.68S 173-18.73E
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1648/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-06-14 10:11Z
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) · MRCC NOUMEA 090459Z JUN 14.. Issued 2014-06-09 05:12Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -22.228, 173.312. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1646/142014-06-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1648/14 · this notice2014-06-09 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-06-09 05:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC NOUMEA 090459Z JUN 14.
- issued by
- MRCC NOUMEA
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -22.228, 173.312
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED VICINITY 22-13.68S 173-18.73E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC NOUMEA, INMARSAT-C: 422799194, PHONE: 68 729 2332, 68 726 4772, FAX: 68 729 2303, E-MAIL: MRCC.NC@LAGOON.NC.
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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
13 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 from F/V xin ya 10 in 25-10.80S 173-33.60E2022-08-11
- Distress signals received in: a. 20-13.74S 177-23.28E2015-09-09
- Man overboard from M/V carnival spirit at 070900Z jul in area bound by 18-24S 173-30E, 19-30S 174-48E,…2014-07-09
- Man overboard from M/V carnival spirit vicinity of trackline between 20-04.6S 170-26.9E and 18-55.7S…2014-07-08
- Distress signal received vicinity 22-12.96S 173-20.04E2014-06-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 20-33.05S 173-12.47E at 130118Z nov2013-11-16
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 2026-09-24 23:51Z; 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.