Distress signal received from vessel in 01-59.10N 104-44.00E at 071433Z feb
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 457/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-23 17:14Z
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 SINGAPORE 0/24 072028Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-07 20:45Z. 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 1.985, 104.733. 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
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 457/24 · this notice2024-02-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 797/242024-03-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2024-02-07 20:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC SINGAPORE 0/24 072028Z FEB 24.
- issued by
- MRCC SINGAPORE
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 1.985, 104.733
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. MALAYSIA. DNC 03. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL IN 01-59.10N 104-44.00E AT 071433Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC SINGAPORE, PHONE: 656 226 5539, EMAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
366 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-59.52N 107-21.24E on 28 jan2025-01-28
- Man overboard from M/V glory prosperity in vicnity 01-32.30N 104-48.05E at 051135Z may2024-05-05
- Distress signal received in vicinity 03-07.38N 106-06.96E at 300100Z apr2024-04-30
- Distress signal received in vicinity 03-06.60N 106-08.00E at 220715Z apr2024-04-22
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V harbour 12 in 03-46.40N 104-49.90E at 081228Z apr2024-04-08
- Distress signal received from M/V phoenix in vicinity 01-10.68N 103-59.94E at 261130Z mar2024-03-26
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
- Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further noticeCable ops · 55.5 nm
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in vicinity 01-16.75N 104-08.14ECable ops · 55.5 nm
- Batu berhanti isolated danger marks light buoy, 01-11.76N 103-52.51E, temporarily removedNav aids · 70 nm
- Batu berhanti isolated danger light buoy 01-11.76N 103-52.51E temporarily removedNav aids · 70 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:58Z; 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.