Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11 meter S/V finn, green hull, in 27-57.13S 177-45.56E
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1960/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-07-04 14:29Z
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) · MNZ 39/14 040526Z JUL 14.. Issued 2014-07-04 06:14Z. 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 -27.952, 177.759. 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
- 11 meter S/V finn, green hull, three persons on board, capsized and adrift in 27-46.36S 176-35.46Elater 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 1960/14 · this notice2014-07-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1971/142014-07-04 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-07-04 06:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 39/14 040526Z JUL 14.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -27.952, 177.759
- vessel
- S/V FINN · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM 11 METER S/V FINN, GREEN HULL, IN 27-57.13S 177-45.56E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 451200067 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
33 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- 40 foot vessel cassidy, three persons on board, taking on water in 27-54.30S 174-40.70E2022-05-24
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 28-42.07S 178-30.93E2021-07-12
- 12 meter S/V north road, white hull, one person on board, overdue auckland (36-50S 174-50E) to port denerau…2021-05-30
- Vessel squander dismasted, four persons on board, in 30-21.8S 178-21.1E2019-06-12
- F/V, white and blue hull, taking on water in 27-03.23S 179-23.04E2018-11-02
- Man overboard from vessel platino in 29-47.27S 175-10.93E2016-06-13
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 02:54Z; 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.