Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 050908Z mar in: a. 03-18.7N 109-01.4E
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 703/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-03-26 09:38Z
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) · SPOCC 051004Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-05 10:51Z. 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 3.876, 111.515. 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 South China Sea →
- issued
- 2011-03-05 10:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SPOCC 051004Z MAR 11.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 3.876, 111.515
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DISTRESS SIGNALS RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ AT 050908Z MAR IN: A. 03-18.7N 109-01.4E. B. 04-26.4N 114-00.4E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATION CONTROL CENTRE, PHONE: 656 226 5539, FAX: 656 227 9971, E-MAIL : POCC@MPA.GOV.SG.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
69 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 from vessel jin mao 12 in 04-41.40N 108-56.90E at 191214Z nov vessels in…2024-11-19
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-10.55N 110-07.55E at 300300Z mar2023-03-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-45.00N 109-00.00E at 110705Z feb2023-02-11
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 03-06.20N 108-45.30E at 271352Z jan2023-01-28
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-19.00N 109-01.20E at 252138Z jan2023-01-26
- Distress signal received on 406MHZ in vicinity 03-13.10N 109-25.20E at 251404Z jan2023-01-25
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 2026-09-25 00:14Z; 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.