Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 27-03.4N 173-39.2E
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 281/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-02-18 11:10Z
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) · HONOSARCOORD 017/00 170020Z FEB 00. Issued 2000-02-17 00:30Z. 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 27.057, 173.653. 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
- Container adrift vicinity 14-16.7N 114-20.8E at 172310Z feblater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2000-02-17 00:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HONOSARCOORD 017/00 170020Z FEB 00
- issued by
- HONOSARCOORD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 27.057, 173.653
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ IN 27-03.4N 173-39.2E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD HONOLULU.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
24 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-45.7N 171-50.5E2020-09-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-21.6N 172-23.8E at 302024Z may2020-05-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-33.5N 174-19.9E at 252332Z jul2018-07-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-06.9N 173-10.6E at 032358Z aug2016-08-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-14.6N 173-22.3E at 210001Z mar2015-03-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz 27-10N 175-16E at 302110Z apr2014-05-01
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 09:29Z; 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.