Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 26-19S 173-25E
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2040/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-11-29 09:14Z
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 390/08 190140Z OCT 08.. Issued 2008-10-19 05:55Z. 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 -26.317, 173.417. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-10-19 05:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 390/08 190140Z OCT 08.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -26.317, 173.417
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ VICINITY 26-19S 173-25E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 451200067, PHONE: 644 914 8333, FAX: 644 914 8334 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)
25 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 from F/V xin ya 10 in 25-10.80S 173-33.60E2022-08-11
- 40 foot vessel cassidy, three persons on board, taking on water in 27-54.30S 174-40.70E2022-05-24
- 12 meter S/V north road, white hull, one person on board, overdue auckland (36-50S 174-50E) to port denerau…2021-05-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel lurong yuan yu 30 vicinity 27-20S 172-59E2016-08-28
- 13.6 meter S/V dignity, white hull, two persons on board, overdue whangarei (35-43-30S 174-19-25E) to…2016-05-20
- 34 foot S/V redwing, brown and red hull, four persons on board, overdue opua (35-19-00S 174-07-00E) to suva…2015-08-24
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 00:09Z; 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.