M/V captain uskov, 17 persons on board unreported
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 169/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-02-23 08:56Z
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 VLADIVOSTOK 28 JAN 08.. Issued 2008-01-28 08:24Z. 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
- Eastern China Sea. The parsed report position is 31.667, 125.967. 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 169/08 · this notice2008-01-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 317/082008-02-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2008-01-28 08:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VLADIVOSTOK 28 JAN 08.
- issued by
- MRCC VLADIVOSTOK
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 31.667, 125.967
- vessel
- M/V CAPTAIN USKOV · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V CAPTAIN USKOV, 17 PERSONS ON BOARD UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION 31-40N 125-58E ON 20 JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VLADIVOSTOK, INMARSAT-C: 492500379, PHONE: 7 423 222 7782, FAX: 7 423 249 5895, E-MAIL: VIDVMRCC@VED.PTA.RU.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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)
35 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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: at 251214Z jul in vicinity 30-36N 124-00E2020-07-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel andreas k at 122247Z aug in: a. 31-47-49N 120-39-54E2019-08-13
- Distress signal received from M/V nord pyxis on 406 mhz in 32-40.5N 124-03.8E at 021104Z mar 192019-03-02
- Distress signal received at 211137Z feb in 31-48-02N 125-43-00E2019-02-21
- Distress signal received in vicinity 31-10.6N 127-35.3E at 050732Z dec2018-12-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-19-09N 126-46-08E at 292100Z nov2018-11-29
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
- Large buoy reported to exist in 31-00N 124-00EWrecks · 108.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:38Z; 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.