Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V thuan phat 08, ten persons on board, in 18-22.42N 107-07.19E at…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3650/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-12-28 13:19Z
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) · MRCC VIETNAM 261549Z NOV 16.. Issued 2016-11-26 15:59Z. 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 18.374, 107.120. 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
- M/V thuan phat 08, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-26N 107-11E at 260830Z novcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3620/16, 3621/16, 3625/16, 3650/16, 3686/16, 3687/16, 3688/16, 3689/16, 3762/16, 3765/16,…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 3526/162016-11-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3578/162016-11-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3645/162016-11-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3650/16 · this notice2016-11-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3686/162016-11-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3838/162016-12-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2016-11-26 15:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 261549Z NOV 16.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 18.374, 107.120
- vessel
- M/V THUAN PHAT 08 · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. GULF OF TONKIN. VIETNAM. DNC 23. 1. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM M/V THUAN PHAT 08, TEN PERSONS ON BOARD, IN 18-22.42N 107-07.19E AT 261430Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 843 1398 1615, E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3645/16, POSITION UPDATED.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- GMDSS
- The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
707 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.
- Man overboard, from F/V qng 98047 ts2026-04-04
- F/V dna 90350 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 17-00.00N 108-25.00E at…2025-11-29
- F/V tth 95599 ts, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-22N 108-59E at 070300Z may2024-05-10
- F/V qb 92699 ts, seven persons on board, sank in 18-10.00N 108-45.00E at 021900Z may2024-05-03
- F/V na 4611TS, three persons on board, sank in 19-09.00N 105-47.00E at 021900Z may2024-05-03
- Vessel sunrise 268, ten persons on board, aground in 20-07.90N 106-30.80E2024-04-30
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 01:56Z; 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.