20 foot rowboat, white hull, one person on board, unreported
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1740/23
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2023-05-28 16:00Z
A later message explicitly cancels this notice. Cancellation ends the notice; the later message must be checked for any statement about recovery or continuing danger.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · RCC ALAMEDA 0/23 250957Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-25 10:04Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -4.524, -114.888. 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
- 20 foot rowboat smile, white hull, one person on board, requesting assistance in 05-15.00S 119-00.00Wlater cancellation 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 1740/23 · this notice2023-05-25 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROPAC 1778/232023-05-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1838/232023-06-01 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-05-25 10:04Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 0/23 250957Z MAY 23.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -4.524, -114.888
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 06. 20 FOOT ROWBOAT, WHITE HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN 04-31.47S 114-53.25W ON 20 MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA, TELEX: 230172343, PHONE: 510 437 3701, E-MAIL: RCCALAMEDA1@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
14 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.
- F/V gold tuna reports crewman with an amputated leg requiring medical assistance in vicinity 05-54.00S…2023-04-30
- Distress signal received from S/V one tree island, white hull, in vicinity 03-37.33S 113-26.40W2020-08-24
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-26.6S 113-10.8W at 051603Z mar2018-03-05
- 16 meter S/V le loup, white hull red stripe, four persons on board, overdue galapagos islands (00-40S…2016-07-22
- 13 meter S/V apparition, white hull, four persons on board, overdue galapagos islands (00-40.00S 090-33.00W)…2016-07-13
- Panama to tahiti2013-07-15
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 00:55Z; 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.