Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 47-07S 151-19W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 670/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-04-16 22:25Z
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) · MARITIME OPS NZ MSA 42/03 POR EGC#1261 161846Z APR 03. Issued 2003-04-16 20:25Z. 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 -47.117, -151.317. 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
- M/V hakula disabled and adrift in 37-26S 159-45E at 161950Z aprlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2003-04-16 20:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARITIME OPS NZ MSA 42/03 POR EGC#1261 161846Z APR 03
- issued by
- MARITIME OPS NZ MSA
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -47.117, -151.317
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 243 MHZ VICINITY 47-07S 151-19W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 4512 00067, PHONE: 644 914 5663, FAX: 644 914 5520 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO.
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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
8 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 vessel regina r in vicinity 46-02S 153-20W2017-04-13
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 46-01.30S 152-01.35W2013-04-23
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 45-28S 148-05W2008-12-29
- Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 47-29S 151-13W2008-05-06
- Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243 mhz in 49-15S 152-52W2007-03-07
- Distress signal received on 121.5MHZ in 44-49S 148-48W2005-10-12
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 05:43Z; 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.