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Distress signal received from M/V tamar in 45-53N 131-46W at 030032Z nov

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2337/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-12-18 10:21Z

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 SEATTLE 030124Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-03 02:44Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 45.883, -131.767. 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
2010-11-03 02:44Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC SEATTLE 030124Z NOV 10.
issued by
RCC SEATTLE
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
45.883, -131.767
vessel
M/V TAMAR · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V TAMAR
IN 45-53N 131-46W AT 030032Z NOV. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC SEATTLE,
PHONE: 206 220 7001, E-MAIL: D13CC@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.
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.

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

17 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-10-03 19:50Z; 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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