Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Arafura Sea

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Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

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Other hazards in the Arafura Sea

Archive · 193 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 3568/142014-11-29 → 2014-11-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 17-10S 139-10E at 291437Z nov
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  2. HYDROPAC 2573/142014-09-02 → 2014-09-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 16-49.4S 139-01.4E at 022016Z sep
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  3. HYDROPAC 2337/142014-08-11 → 2014-08-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 15-27.0S 137-50.1E at 102353Z aug
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  4. HYDROPAC 2280/142014-08-05 → 2014-08-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-17.0S 133-54.7E at 050016Z aug
    Australia-north Coast · Arafura Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 490/142014-02-19 → 2014-02-19
    F/V lautan sakti unreported, last known position 09-22S 141-06E on 19 feb
    Torres Strait · Papua New Guinea-south Coast
  6. HYDROPAC 4022/132013-12-27 → 2013-12-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-07.6S 136-26.1E at 270932Z dec
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  7. HYDROPAC 3979/132013-12-23 → 2013-12-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-39.0S 141-25.5E at 232310Z dec
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  8. HYDROPAC 2868/132013-09-20 → 2013-09-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel pelagic, two persons on board, between 11-44.10S 135-56.94E…
    Australia-north Coast · Arafura Sea · Gulf of Carpentaria
  9. HYDROPAC 2822/132013-09-17 → 2013-09-17
    Distress signal received from F/V proteus in 15-31.83S 137-28.51E at 162145Z sep
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  10. HYDROPAC 2687/132013-09-06 → 2013-09-14
    F/V fu man no 168 sank in 07-18.391S 133-37.395E at 051830Z sep
    Arafura Sea · Indonesia
  11. HYDROPAC 2068/132013-07-14 → 2013-07-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 11-23.7S 132-47.4E at 140350Z jul
    Australia-north Coast · Arafura Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 1983/132013-07-08 → 2013-08-10
    S/V poisson d'avril, one person on board, overdue french polynesia to darwin (12-27.00S 130-50.00E) via…
    French Polynesia To Australia
  13. HYDROPAC 3438/122012-12-04 → 2012-12-04
    F/V, taking on water and crew abandoning ship in 11-32.8S 141-34.4E at 041800Z dec
    Australia-northeast Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 3155/122012-11-08 → 2012-11-09
    30 foot S/V shadowfax III, white hull, two persons on board, overdue darwin (12-27.00S 130-50.00E), gove…
    Australia-north Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 3154/122012-11-08 → 2012-11-08
    30 foot S/V shadowfax III, white hull, two persons on board overdue darwin (12-27.00S 130-50.00E) to gove…
    Australia-north Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 2007/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 44 foot S/V nebula, silver hull, two persons on board, in 13-38.64S…
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  17. HYDROPAC 1875/122012-07-02 → 2012-07-02
    19 meter F/V cape grafton II, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-42.9S 137-57.0E at 012116Z jul
    Arafura Sea
  18. HYDROPAC 1154/122012-04-22 → 2012-04-22
    13 meter vessel bittersweet, white hull with yellow stripe, two persons on board, unreported bamaga (10-53S…
    Australia-north Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 524/122012-02-23 → 2012-02-24
    Vessel, two or more persons on board, requesting assistance in 13-48.7S 136-26.7E
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  20. HYDROPAC 3211/112011-11-15 → 2011-11-15
    S/V panacea V reports person with heart attack in 11-09.18S 139-20.48E at 150016Z nov
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  21. HYDROPAC 2873/112011-10-13 → 2011-10-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 12-01.15S 136-56.50E at 130511Z oct
    Australia-north Coast
  22. HYDROPAC 2784/112011-10-05 → 2011-10-08
    Man overboard from M/V shark island in 17-19.46S 140-37.87E at 031400Z oct
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  23. HYDROPAC 2718/112011-09-27 → 2011-09-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V liao da gan yu 15332 in 08-31.3S 137-04.9E at 272117Z sep
    Arafura Sea
  24. HYDROPAC 2576/112011-09-13 → 2011-09-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 07-50.04S 136-43.32E at 131633Z sep
    Arafura Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 2200/112011-08-05 → 2011-08-10
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue rein bay (05-32.9S 149-11.4E) to bali island…
    Papua New Guinea To Indonesia
  26. HYDROPAC 1983/112011-07-09 → 2011-07-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11.5 meter S/V goodtimes in 10-35.46S 133-28.30E at 092207Z jul
    Australia-north Coast
  27. HYDROPAC 1907/102010-09-19 → 2010-09-20
    14 foot vessel, two persons on board, unreported
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  28. HYDROPAC 2401/092009-12-23 → 2009-12-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 09-33.8S 133-40.8E at 222120Z dec
  29. HYDROPAC 1909/092009-10-21 → 2009-10-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-26S 140-31E at 211410Z oct
  30. HYDROPAC 622/092009-03-26 → 2009-03-27
    5 meter vessel, aluminum hull, ten persons on board, overdue mooronga (11-55.3S 135-03.6E) to milingimbi…
  31. HYDROPAC 257/092009-01-31 → 2009-02-01
    Person missing from vessel vicinity 10-42.8S 141-29.5E at 311130Z jan
  32. HYDROPAC 2576/082008-12-29 → 2008-12-29
    14 foot vessel, three persons on board, overdue mornington island (16-39S 139-09E) to forsyth island (16-50S…
  33. HYDROPAC 2169/082008-11-02 → 2008-11-08
    Man overboard from vessel sea riches vicinity of trackline between 10-48S 136-46E and 10-11S 134-28E
  34. HYDROPAC 2025/082008-10-16 → 2008-10-20
    Aircraft unreported, one person on board, elcho island (12-01S 135-34E) to mata mata (12-04S 136-16E)
  35. HYDROPAC 1939/082008-10-03 → 2008-10-04
    Four meter M/V, white hull, four persons on board, overdue elcho island (11-47S 135-57E) and return
  36. HYDROPAC 1925/082008-10-02 → 2008-10-02
    5 meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue mornington island (16-30S 139-30E) to bentinck island…
  37. HYDROPAC 838/082008-05-02 → 2008-05-10
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 12-47S 141-47E
  38. HYDROPAC 511/082008-03-19 → 2008-03-20
    S/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue seisa (10-51S 142-22E) to old mapoon (11-58S 141-54E)
  39. HYDROPAC 458/082008-03-10 → 2008-04-05
    Four meter vessel, four persons on board, overdue weipa (12-38S 142-08E) to aurukun (13-22S 141-44E)
  40. HYDROPAC 409/082008-03-02 → 2008-03-09
    Derelict 12 meter vessel capsized and adrift in 10-05-52S 135-17-45E at 010713Z mar
  41. HYDROPAC 42/082008-01-09 → 2008-01-09
    Distress signal received from S/V vicinity 11-13.42S 136-40.84E at 090442Z jan
  42. HYDROPAC 1804/072007-10-18 → 2007-10-19
    50 foot S/V zeppler 2, dark blue hull, four persons on board, unreported indonesian archipelago to thursday…
  43. HYDROPAC 1351/072007-08-03 → 2007-10-21
    Distress signal received vicinity 09-39S 134-50E at 031605Z aug
  44. HYDROPAC 911/072007-05-21 → 2007-07-08
    Red distress flare sighted vicinity 16-20S 138-52E at 211000Z may
  45. HYDROPAC 909/072007-05-21 → 2007-05-28
    15 meter vessel capsized and adrift vicinity 10-26.5S 133-06.2E at 201110Z may
  46. HYDROPAC 297/072007-02-16 → 2007-02-18
    Derelict vessel capsized, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 11-13.2S 140-41.3E
  47. HYDROPAC 237/072007-02-06 → 2007-02-06
    M/V wunma, ten persons on board, crew abandoning ship vicinity 16-31S 140-23E at 061145Z feb
  48. HYDROPAC 1/072007-01-01 → 2007-01-01
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 12-39S 137-17E at 010042Z jan
  49. HYDROPAC 2110/062006-11-04 → 2006-12-13
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 14-47S 141-22E at 040828Z nov
  50. HYDROPAC 1936/062006-10-07 → 2006-10-08
    5 meter M/V quintrex, white hull with maroon canopy, two people on board, towing dory, unreported elcho…

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