Distress signal received from S/V ole hoop, two persons on board, in 55-44S 073-42W at 130415Z dec
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2351/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-12-16 15:39Z
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 BREMEN IOR EGC#15043 130937Z DEC 02. Issued 2002-12-13 10:10Z. 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 -55.733, -73.700. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V ole hoop, white hull, two persons on board, vicinity 54-54S…later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 2351/02 · this notice2002-12-13 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2371/022002-12-16 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2002-12-13 10:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC BREMEN IOR EGC#15043 130937Z DEC 02
- issued by
- MRCC BREMEN IOR
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -55.733, -73.700
- vessel
- S/V OLE HOOP · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM S/V OLE HOOP, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, IN 55-44S 073-42W AT 130415Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC BREMEN, TELEX: 41246466, PHONE: 494 2153 6870.
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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
7 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 daughter of the wind, numerous persons on board, disabled and adrift in 54-00.30S 075-25.43W2024-03-22
- Barge duquesa marus, numerous persons onboard, adrift in 53-15.40S 073-12.47W2021-05-28
- Man overboard in 54-23.90S 073-41.88W2016-10-29
- Man overboard in 54-23.90S 073-41.88W2016-06-16
- Vessel kifu overdue to puerto williams (54-56S 067-37W)2010-03-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V ole hoop, white hull, two persons on board, vicinity 54-54S…2002-12-16
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 02:24Z; 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.