Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 09-13S 099-24E at 100733Z mar
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 427/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-04-29 11:20Z
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) · AUSSAR 1613/03 100742Z MAR 03; NAVAREA IX 56/03 100806Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-10 08:50Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -9.217, 99.400. 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
- S/V rockall, blue hull with white stripe, two persons on board, overdue malaysia to aden via sri lankacancelled by this 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 401/032003-03-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 427/03 · this notice2003-03-10 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2003-03-10 08:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 1613/03 100742Z MAR 03; NAVAREA IX 56/03 100806Z MAR 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -9.217, 99.400
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ VICINITY 09-13S 099-24E AT 100733Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 401/03(GEN).
Reading this warning
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- 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)
13 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Derelict 20 meter vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 11-34.8S 100-26.3E at 010449Z oct2021-10-01
- Eight meter vessel, red hull, numerous persons on board, capsized and adrift in 11-48S 100-53E at 290423Z sep2021-09-29
- Distress signal received vicinity 09-17.52S 098-05.58E at 171418Z jan2015-01-17
- Distress signal received from M/V kalaminja in 09-15.42S 096-25.20E at 220402Z dec2014-12-22
- 12 meter F/V pragathi 2, green and white hull, 72 persons on board, requesting assistance in 09-21.22S…2012-11-07
- Distress signal received from vessel, 100 persons on board, within 200 miles of christmas island (10-29S…2012-06-17
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 17:12Z; 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.