Incidents · overdue

Eight meter vessel raven, white hull, one person on board, unreported

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3726/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-11-25 04:44Z

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 143/23 242313Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-24 23:41Z. 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 -37.940, 178.426. 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
2023-11-24 23:41Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MNZ 143/23 242313Z NOV 23.
issued by
MNZ
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-37.940, 178.426
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
NEW ZEALAND.
DNC 06.
EIGHT METER VESSEL RAVEN, WHITE HULL, ONE PERSON ON
BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN VICINITY
37-56.41S 178-25.58E AT 241418Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO TAUPO MARITIME RADIO
OR MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND,
E-MAIL: MARITIME@KORDIA.CO.NZ.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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)
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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)

60 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 03:16Z; 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) →

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