Incidents · overdue

Vessel windarra unreported

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3134/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-10-13 18:07Z

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) · MNZ 64/13 120534Z OCT 13.. Issued 2013-10-13 07:13Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -16.983, -155.283. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
VESSEL WINDARRA UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION
16-59S 155-17W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND,
INMARSAT-C: 451200067, PHONE: 644 550 5280,
FAX: 644 914 8334 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO,
E-MAIL: MARITIME@KORDIA.CO.NZ.

Reading this warning

Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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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.

14.5 meter S/V white lotus, blue hull, one person on board, overdue moorea (17-32S 149-50W) to aitutaki…2018-05-26
Distress signal received vicinity 16-42.07S 158-19.05W2016-01-06
Iles de la societe2014-09-28
Iles de la societe2013-10-14
Iles de la societe2011-10-14
Distress signal received from liferaft, one person on board, in 18-04.5S 157-23.9W2009-10-05

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 10:14Z; 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.