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20 meter S/V viracocha III, five persons on board, requesting assistance in 16-43.16S 148-21.81W at 290942Z…

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2127/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-07-19 10:48Z

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) · JRCC TAHITI 300029Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-30 01:22Z. 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 -16.719, -148.363. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-06-30 01:22Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC TAHITI 300029Z JUN 19.
issued by
JRCC TAHITI
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-16.719, -148.363
vessel
S/V VIRACOCHA III
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
TAHITI.
DNC 06.
20 METER S/V VIRACOCHA III, FIVE PERSONS ON BOARD,
REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 16-43.16S 148-21.81W
AT 290942Z JUN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC TAHITI,
INMARSAT-C: 422799192,
PHONE: 689 4054 1616,
FAX: 689 4042 3915,
E-MAIL: CONTACT@JRCC.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.
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.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:08Z; 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) →

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