Distress signal received on 2187.5 khz in 27-04.2N 056-10.8E at 281847Z oct
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1697/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-12-20 16:31Z
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) · NAVAREA IX 253/04 282110Z OCT 04; MRCC REUNION 282054Z OCT 04.. Issued 2004-10-28 22:08Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 27.070, 56.180. 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
- Distress signal received from M/V sailor in 25-10N 056-28E at 281605Z octcancelled by this notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 1695/042004-10-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1697/04 · this notice2004-10-28 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2004-10-28 22:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 253/04 282110Z OCT 04; MRCC REUNION 282054Z OCT 04.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 27.070, 56.180
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 2187.5 KHZ IN 27-04.2N 056-10.8E AT 281847Z OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1695/04, FALSE ALERT.
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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
24 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.
- Vessel kharazm capsized and adrift in 26-39.18N 056-46.77E2020-12-28
- Derelict vessel adrift and sinking in 26-30.3N 056-26.3E at 161000Z aug2019-08-16
- Vessel al khaleej, 11 persons on board, unreported karachi (24-51N 067-00E) to kuwait (28-57N 048-15E)2018-01-20
- Man overboard in 25-38N 054-44E at 040300Z sep2016-09-04
- Vessel unreported2016-05-31
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift vicinity 25-02N 054-23E at 291310Z dec2014-12-29
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
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 40.6 nm
- Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 45.9 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 88.2 nm
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 113 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 117.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:08Z; 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.