Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-08.0N 150-41.4E at 160417Z feb
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 291/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-02-16 09:56Z
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) · GUAMSARCOORD 160433Z FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-16 05:32Z. 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 0.133, 150.690. 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
- Ten meter S/V idle vice, white hull, four persons on board, abandoning ship in 21-41S 161-08E at 160800Z feblater 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 288/082008-02-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 291/08 · this notice2008-02-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 294/082008-02-16 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-02-16 05:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- GUAMSARCOORD 160433Z FEB 08.
- issued by
- GUAMSARCOORD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 0.133, 150.690
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 00-08.0N 150-41.4E AT 160417Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD GUAM, PHONE: 1 671 355 4910, E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@USCG.MIL.
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)
68 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.
- 23 foot vessel, six persons on board, unreported emirau island (01-38.50S 149-58.50E) to new hanover island…2024-03-22
- Six meter vessel, five persons on board, overdue (emirau island) 01-38.28S 150-00.21E on 08 dec2023-12-11
- Two vessels overdue manus island (02-04.00S 147-18.00E) to kavieng (02-38.00S 150-47.00E)2023-08-18
- 7 meter vessel, white hull with black stripes, nine persons on board, overdue between mussau island…2023-08-11
- Vessel sank in 01-52.92S 150-02.87E at 180145Z dec2023-04-12
- Seven meter vessel waves dreamer, 13 persons on board, overdue kavieng (02-36.00S 151-01.33E) to mussau…2023-01-26
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 05:08Z; 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.