Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 42 foot S/V kite vicinity phuket (07-53-24N 098-23-54E)
Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 613/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-03-29 09:35Z
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) · RCC ALAMEDA 031641Z MAR 14.. Issued 2014-03-03 17:05Z. 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
- Malacca Strait. The parsed report position is 7.890, 98.398. 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 Malacca Strait →
- issued
- 2014-03-03 17:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 031641Z MAR 14.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- Malacca Strait
- position
- 7.890, 98.398
- vessel
- S/V KITE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ANDAMAN SEA. STRAIT OF MALACCA. THAILAND. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM 42 FOOT S/V KITE VICINITY PHUKET (07-53-24N 098-23-54E). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD ALAMEDA, TELEX: 230172343, PHONE: 510 437 3701, E-MAIL: RCCALAMEDA@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
22 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.
- Distress signal received from vessel grand ace 10 in 04-59.80N 098-15.20E2023-01-11
- M/V aung pyi moe, 13 persons on board, sank in 08-46.00N 095-46.00E2022-08-01
- M/V km frikenra, five persons on board, unreported2022-05-30
- Distress signal received from S/V les siamois in 07-13.9N 097-32.5E2020-11-03
- Man overboard from M/V torm valborg in vicinity 05-32.0N 097-26.1E at 290500Z mar2018-03-29
- Man overboard from M/V mol devotion in 04-54N 098-25E2017-12-30
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 05:08Z; 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.