14 meter S/V caramba, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue papeete (17-32.1S 149-34.2W) to fakarava…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3668/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-11-10 15:04Z
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 PAPEETE 092134Z NOV 15.. Issued 2015-11-09 21:47Z. 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 -16.793, -147.614. 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
- 14 meter S/V caramba, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue papeete (17-32.1S 149-34.2W) to iles…later 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 3668/15 · this notice2015-11-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3676/152015-11-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2015-11-09 21:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC PAPEETE 092134Z NOV 15.
- issued by
- MRCC PAPEETE
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -16.793, -147.614
- vessel
- S/V CARAMBA · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. FRENCH POLYNESIA. DNC 06. 14 METER S/V CARAMBA, WHITE HULL, SEVEN PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE PAPEETE (17-32.1S 149-34.2W) TO FAKARAVA (16-03.1S 145-39.5W). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC PAPEETE, INMARSAT-C: 582422799192, PHONE: 689 4054 1616, FAX: 689 4042 3915, E-MAIL: MRCCPAPEETE@MAIL.PF.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
29 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Ten meter S/V toupidek unreported2022-04-06
- 47 foot S/V marifa, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, overdue2021-11-17
- Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity 19-01.80S 146-13.05W at 231430Z oct2021-10-23
- French polynesia DNC 062021-06-17
- 13 meter S/V steel band, white hull, two persons on board, overdue tahiti (17-40S 149-25W) to fakarava…2021-03-12
- Man overboard from M/V glory in vicinity 16-52.89S 146-49.60W at 140630Z oct2019-10-14
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
- Pointe venus light 17-29.70S 149-29.66W unlitNav aids · 115.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:41Z; 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.