Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 082156Z sep in: a. 42-21-10N 153-34-58E
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROPAC 2642/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-09-13 10:10Z
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) · JAPAN COAST GUARD 090100Z SEP 14.. Issued 2014-09-09 01:39Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 36.564, 0.012. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2014-09-09 01:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD 090100Z SEP 14.
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 36.564, 0.012
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. DISTRESS SIGNALS RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ AT 082156Z SEP IN: A. 42-21-10N 153-34-58E. B. 30-46-33N 153-33-32W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD, PHONE: 811 3427 6172.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
15 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.
- Seven meter F/V ouled chemal, blue hull, four persons on board, unreported2024-01-10
- F/V assil II, blue hull, three persons on board, unreported nador port (35-17.07N 002-55.48W) at 110800Z dec2023-12-14
- Vessel, ten persons on board, unreported al hoceima (35-15.72N 003-55.48W) to almeria (36-48.93N 002-25.00W)…2023-10-15
- 33 foot S/V tagrum, white and blue hull, four persons on board, overdue ormos navarinou (36-56.00N…2023-06-07
- 7.5 meter S/V sylphe, white and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue martigues france (43-23.52N…2022-06-13
- Vessel, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 36-48N 003-09E2020-10-11
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:51Z; 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.