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Distress signal received from vessel in 22-54N 119-03E at 300737Z

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3233/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-10-18 12:33Z

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 301007Z SEP 19.. Issued 2019-09-30 11:20Z. 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 22.900, 119.050. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2019-09-30 11:20Z
status: Archived notice
authority: JAPAN COAST GUARD 301007Z SEP 19.
issued by: JAPAN COAST GUARD
sea: South China Sea
position: 22.900, 119.050
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TAIWAN STRAIT.
TAIWAN.
DNC 23.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL IN
22-54N 119-03E AT 300737Z.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD,
PHONE: 819 8866 4999.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

79 within 180 nm since 1996 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 02:15Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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