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Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 20-43.86S 115-57.72E at 310317Z mar

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 890/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-03-31 06:51Z

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) · AUSSAR 2187/13 310249Z MAR 13 - AUSSAR 2185/13 CX 310422Z MAR 13.. Issued 2013-03-31 04:39Z. 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 -20.731, 115.962. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST.
1. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ VICINITY
   20-43.86S 115-57.72E AT 310317Z MAR. VESSELS
   IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA,
   PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868,
   E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 889/13(71), VESSEL ASSISTED.

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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC: The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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

56 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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