Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-33-12N 119-46-52E at 190015Z may
Yellow Sea · HYDROPAC 1676/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-06-07 10:48Z
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) · JAPAN COAST GUARD 190026Z MAY 19.. Issued 2019-05-19 00:59Z. 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
- Yellow Sea. The parsed report position is 35.553, 119.781. 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 1675/192019-05-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1676/19 · this notice2019-05-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1677/192019-05-19 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2019-05-19 00:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD 190026Z MAY 19.
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- Yellow Sea
- position
- 35.553, 119.781
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
YELLOW SEA. CHINA. DNC 23. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 35-33-12N 119-46-52E AT 190015Z MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD, PHONE: 814 5663 4999, 812 2365 6957, 815 2651 4999, 819 9255 4999, 812 2365 6957, 819 3321 0556.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
4 within 180 nm since 2016 · 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 in 35-33-14N 119-46-47E at 182205Z may2019-05-19
- Derelict 100 meter long vessel, red and brown hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 36-08.8N 121-46.8E at…2019-01-28
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel hangton 1527 in 37-17-18N 122-35-15E at 222138Z jul vessels…2016-07-22
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 2026-10-02 04:03Z; 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.