Incidents · overdue

F/V valerie melissa II, green and white hull, six persons on board, unreported

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 86/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-02-28 10:10Z

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) · NAVAREA XVI 1/09 06 JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-10 09:57Z. 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 -11.605, -79.503. 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 Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2009-01-10 09:57Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XVI 1/09 06 JAN 09.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -11.605, -79.503
vessel: F/V VALERIE MELISSA II
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

F/V VALERIE MELISSA II, GREEN AND WHITE HULL,
SIX PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN
POSITION 11-36-19.2S 079-30-10.8W. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL
RADIO STATION.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

55 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.

F/V askar-i unreported2021-04-08
F/V don guillermo three, capsized, partially submerged in 11-59.3S 077-08.8W2020-05-15
Search and rescue operations 201100Z to 201900Z mar in area bound by 11-44-00S 077-11-30W, 11-44-00S…2020-03-16
Derelict F/V maria esperanza adrift and sinking in 09-06S 078-42W2018-04-16
Distress signal received in 13-19.82S 077-51.33W2017-07-07
F/V barracuda unreported2016-04-09

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 2026-10-03 06:31Z; 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) →

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