Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 08-45.5N 167-42.9E at 140250Z aug
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 795/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-08-15 08:35Z
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) · HONOSARCOORD 140406Z AUG 99. Issued 1999-08-14 04:44Z. 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 8.758, 167.715. 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 baik tiga waterlogged and adrift in 05-29S 113-10E at 142354Z auglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 1999-08-14 04:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HONOSARCOORD 140406Z AUG 99
- issued by
- HONOSARCOORD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 8.758, 167.715
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ IN 08-45.5N 167-42.9E AT 140250Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD HONOLULU.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
43 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 in 09-08.30N 167-28.70E2023-10-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V shen lian cheng 710 in 06-55.53N 169-22.67E at 171654Z jan2022-01-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V ribuuk meto in vicinity 07-14.4N 169-54.1E at 222116Z oct2021-10-22
- Marshall islands DNC 122020-04-29
- Distress signal received from 20 foot F/V winnie boat, black, white and brown hull, three persons on board,…2020-04-04
- 16 foot M/V bigej-maru, white hull, three persons on board, overdue ebeye (08-46N 167-44E) to enubuj (08-43N…2019-04-21
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 03:24Z; 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.