Distress signal received n 243 mhz in 33-43.24N 147-24.45E
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 712/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-06-02 10:29Z
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) · JAPAN COAST GUARD 151310Z APR 08.. Issued 2008-04-15 15:23Z. 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 33.721, 147.407. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1151/06, 286/07, 948/07, 1107/07, 708/08, 712/08, 733/08, 742/08 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2008-04-15 15:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD 151310Z APR 08.
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 33.721, 147.407
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED N 243 MHZ IN 33-43.24N 147-24.45E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD.
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)
50 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 in 34-00.00N 146-15.00E at 250306Z jan2024-01-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 35-04.03N 147-52.37E at 170551Z oct2023-10-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-55.45N 146-31.54E at 030046Z sep2023-09-03
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 33-33.75N 147-05.06E at 080003Z jun2023-06-08
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 31-45.00N 145-15.00E at 251006Z may2023-05-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V good princes in 34-59.27N 147-12.32E at 151247Z apr2022-04-15
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 04:34Z; 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.