20 foot rowboat smile, white hull, one person on board, requesting assistance in 05-15.00S 119-00.00W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1778/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-06-01 18:46Z
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) · RCC ALAMEDA 0/23 281552Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-28 16:00Z. 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 -5.250, -119.000. 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, white hull, one person on board, unreportedcancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received from 20 foot rowboat smile, white hull, one person on board, in 05-30.00S 122-00.00Wlater 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 1740/232023-05-25 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROPAC 1778/23 · this notice2023-05-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1838/232023-06-01 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-05-28 16:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 0/23 281552Z MAY 23.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -5.250, -119.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 06. 1. 20 FOOT ROWBOAT SMILE, WHITE HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 05-15.00S 119-00.00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA, PHONE: 510 437 3701, E-MAIL: RCCALAMEDA1@USCG.MIL, RCCALAMEDA1@GMAIL.COM. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1740/23.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
9 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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 sank and eight to ten persons abandoned ship in liferaft in 05-19.60S 117-57.10W at 210348Z jun2023-06-21
- Distress signal received from 20 foot rowboat smile, white hull, one person on board, in 05-30.00S 122-00.00W2023-06-01
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel or aircraft in 02-40.30S 117-49.10W at 201701Z jul2022-07-20
- Eastern south pacific DNC 062021-11-02
- 13 meter S/V apparition, white hull, four persons on board, overdue galapagos islands (00-40.00S 090-33.00W)…2016-07-13
- Distress signal received from 42 foot S/V nirvana now, two persons on board in 08-09.4S 119-00.0W2015-04-07
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 01:25Z; 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.