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Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V maersk drammen in 42-49.20N 167-10.13E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2614/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-12-11 10:27Z

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) · U.S. COGARD SEVENTEEN 271734Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-27 18:01Z. 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 42.820, 167.169. 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 North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2010-11-27 18:01Z
status: Archived notice
authority: U.S. COGARD SEVENTEEN 271734Z NOV 10.
issued by: U.S. COGARD SEVENTEEN
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 42.820, 167.169
vessel: M/V MAERSK DRAMMEN
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM
M/V MAERSK DRAMMEN IN 42-49.20N 167-10.13E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD SEVENTEEN,
PHONE: 907 463 2000.

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.

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

11 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

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Distress signal received from M/V tysla in 45-00N 166-00E2013-02-03
Derelict eight meter vessel, red hull, capsized and adrift in 43-06.8N 165-50.0E at 240510Z aug2011-08-25
Distress signal received in 41-43.6N 170-40.2E2011-08-03
Distress signal received in 41-19.3N 169-51.6E2010-12-07

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 20:27Z; 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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