Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 39-56.5S 020-08.3E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 779/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-07-07 09:50Z
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) · CAPE TOWN RADIO 252108Z MAY 00 AOR-E EGC #779/00. Issued 2000-05-25 22:05Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -39.942, 20.138. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 1898/002000-05-25 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1899/002000-05-25 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 779/00 · this notice2000-05-25 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2000-05-25 22:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CAPE TOWN RADIO 252108Z MAY 00 AOR-E EGC #779/00
- issued by
- CAPE TOWN RADIO
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -39.942, 20.138
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ VICINITY 39-56.5S 020-08.3E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO CAPE TOWN RADIO, TELEX: 95527422, PHONE: 272 1551 0700, FAX: 272 1551 3760.
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)
14 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.
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- 15 meter S/V climate action now, one person on board, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 37-53S 018-26E2017-04-11
- Distress signal received from S/V perla gdynia, one person on board, dismasted and adrift in 38-56.5S…2016-10-04
- Distress signal received from S/V perla gdynia, one person on board, dismasted and adrift in 38-56.5S…2016-10-04
- Man overboard from F/V fu wei in 39-25S 023-25E at 200100Z apr2016-04-20
- Man overboard from M/V gdf suez ghent in 38-00.55S 020-23.51E at 272336Z may2014-05-28
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 15:02Z; 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.