Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 47-46.1N 179-04.6E at 271623Z jun
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 993/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-06-27 22:22Z
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) · CCGD FOURTEEN POR EGC #070 271705Z JUN 01. Issued 2001-06-27 18:17Z. 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 47.768, 179.077. 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
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 37-46.1N 179-04.6E at 271623Z junlater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 993/01 · this notice2001-06-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 994/012001-06-27 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-06-27 18:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CCGD FOURTEEN POR EGC #070 271705Z JUN 01
- issued by
- CCGD FOURTEEN POR EGC
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 47.768, 179.077
- 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 47-46.1N 179-04.6E AT 271623Z JUN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD HONOLULU, TELEX: 392401, PHONE: 808 541 2500, FAX: 808 541 2123.
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)
3 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
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 01:21Z; 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.