Distress signal received in 06-14N 104-00E at 210417Z sep
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2802/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-09-28 08:50Z
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) · SPOCC 210549Z SEP 14.. Issued 2014-09-21 06:15Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 6.233, 104.000. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2764/14, 2783/14, 2784/14, 2797/14, 2799/14, 2802/14, 2810/14, 2822/14, 2845/14later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2014-09-21 06:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SPOCC 210549Z SEP 14.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 6.233, 104.000
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 06-14N 104-00E AT 210417Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, PHONE: 656 226 5539, FAX: 656 227 9971, E-MAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
375 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.
- Man overboard from vessel bot pukat jerut jhfa in 06-21.23N 103-55.05E at 151500Z aug2026-08-18
- Man overboard from F/V tg 90136 ts in 08-53.00N 104-09.00E at 242200Z nov2025-11-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V harbour 12 in 03-46.40N 104-49.90E at 081228Z apr2024-04-08
- Man overboard from F/V cm 02735 ts in vicinity 08-59.00N 104-40.00E at 121500Z mar2024-03-13
- Distress signal received in 04-20.00N 105-34.50E at 052345Z mar2024-03-06
- Man overboard from F/V kg 91639 ts in vicinity 07-02.53N 105-45.11E at 242200Z feb2024-02-27
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 2026-10-03 02:59Z; 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.