Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Bass Strait

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.

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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 Bass Strait

Archive · 56 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 151/022002-01-25 → 2002-01-25
    Aircraft ditched in 38-41S 145-43E at 252035Z jan
  2. HYDROPAC 41/022002-01-07 → 2002-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel zeus II vicinity 38-03S 149-01E at 071242Z jan
  3. HYDROPAC 773/012001-05-20 → 2001-05-22
    Man overboard from F/V albatross vicinity 38-56S 146-34E at 201518Z may
  4. HYDROPAC 432/002000-03-12 → 2000-03-13
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 39-09S 146-19E at 122135Z mar
  5. HYDROPAC 1423/991999-12-18 → 1999-12-20
    Man overboard from M/V spirit of tasmania vicinity of trackline between 38-57S 145-00E and 38-20S 144-38E
  6. HYDROPAC 1156/991999-10-31 → 1999-10-31
    10 meter sloop western morning, five persons on board, disabled in 39-58S 145-04E at 310315Z oct

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