Distress signal received vicinity 05-05S 043-11E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2175/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-12-20 10:22Z
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 032032Z NOV 08.. Issued 2008-11-03 23:11Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -5.083, 43.183. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2008-11-03 23:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 032032Z NOV 08.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -5.083, 43.183
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED VICINITY 05-05S 043-11E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC ALAMEDA, TELEX: 230172343, PHONE: 510 437 3701, E-MAIL: RCCALAMEDA@USCG.MIL.
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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
6 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- 13 meter M/V ohana-uli, white hull, two persons on board, taking on water in vicinity 05-41.3S 044-50.6E at…2020-07-20
- F/V morne blanc reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 05-08S 045-15E at 281311Z jun2016-06-28
- F/V torre giulia reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 05-45S 045-55E at 091530Z jul2014-07-09
- 34 foot M/V sacred ibis, jeanneau mono hull, unreported turkey to richards bay2006-01-30
- Man overboard from M/V laemthong pride 03-01S 044-31E on 06 feb2005-02-07
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 02:26Z; 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.