Distress signal received from vessel tw hamburg in 47-10.1N 159-10.6W
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 577/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-03-06 14:00Z
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) · JRCC JUNEAU 171242Z FEB 20.. Issued 2020-02-17 13:31Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 47.168, -159.177. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2020-02-17 13:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC JUNEAU 171242Z FEB 20.
- issued by
- JRCC JUNEAU
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 47.168, -159.177
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DNC 25. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL TW HAMBURG IN 47-10.1N 159-10.6W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC JUNEAU, PHONE: 907 463 2000, FAX: 907 463 2023, E-MAIL: JRCCJUNEAU@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
6 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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 from 30 foot S/V la caline, aluminum hull, in 49-17.5N 160-54.3W2015-10-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V la chimere in 49-15-34N 160-52-06W at 201126Z oct2015-10-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V marietta vicinity 46-47N 155-54W2013-01-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 46-52.4N 156-15.1W2012-11-07
- F16 aircraft ditched in 46-07N 156-33W2012-07-22
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 03:43Z; 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.