45 foot S/V bird of dawning, white hull, four persons on board, unreported
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 326/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-02-25 14:35Z
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) · JRCC HONOLULU 120722Z FEB 09.. Issued 2009-02-12 08:15Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -2.833, -171.667. 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
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-13N 136-11.2E at 250906Z 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 326/09 · this notice2009-02-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 439/092009-02-25 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2009-02-12 08:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC HONOLULU 120722Z FEB 09.
- issued by
- JRCC HONOLULU
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -2.833, -171.667
- vessel
- S/V BIRD OF DAWNING
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
45 FOOT S/V BIRD OF DAWNING, WHITE HULL, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION KANTON ISLAND (02-50S 171-40W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC HONOLULU, TELEX: 392401, PHONE: 808 535 3333, FAX: 808 535 3338, E-MAIL: JRCCHONOLULU@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
11 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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 from F/V zhong tai 6 in 03-16.90S 172-37.60W at 192223Z nov2023-11-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 05-30S 170-45W2022-02-13
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-01.8S 169-16.8W at 070455Z jul2021-07-08
- F/V caroline 1 reports person requiring medevac assistance in 02-25S 171-56W at 150520Z nov2020-11-15
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel glory pacific vicinity 05-41.93S 171-07.00W2015-10-24
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-45.5S 170-24.6W at 230615Z aug2014-08-24
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 2026-10-03 04:51Z; 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.