13 meter S/V apparition, white hull, four persons on board, overdue galapagos islands (00-40.00S 090-33.00W)…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2097/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-08-28 09:50Z
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) · MRCC PAPEETE 130403Z JUL 16.. Issued 2016-07-13 07:46Z. 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 -5.021, -116.411. 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
- 2016-07-13 07:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC PAPEETE 130403Z JUL 16.
- issued by
- MRCC PAPEETE
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -5.021, -116.411
- vessel
- S/V APPARITION
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS TO FRENCH POLYNESIA. DNC 06, DNC 07. 13 METER S/V APPARITION, WHITE HULL, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS (00-40.00S 090-33.00W) TO NUKU HIVA (08-52.00S 140-08.00W). LAST KNOWN POSITION 05-31.80S 118-33.02W AT 071500Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC PAPEETE, INMARSAT-C: 582422799192, PHONE: 689 4054 1616, FAX: 689 4240 3915, E-MAIL: MRCCPAPEETE@MAIL.PF.
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.
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- 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.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- 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)
15 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.
- Vessel sank and eight to ten persons abandoned ship in liferaft in 05-19.60S 117-57.10W at 210348Z jun2023-06-21
- 20 foot rowboat smile, white hull, one person on board, requesting assistance in 05-15.00S 119-00.00W2023-05-28
- 20 foot rowboat, white hull, one person on board, unreported2023-05-25
- F/V gold tuna reports crewman with an amputated leg requiring medical assistance in vicinity 05-54.00S…2023-04-30
- 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
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 00:53Z; 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.