Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Bismarck 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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Archive · 231 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 1111/112011-04-09 → 2011-04-11
    Papua new guinea
    Bismarck Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 729/112011-03-08 → 2011-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 01-50.88S 143-59.52E at 081026Z mar
    Bismarck Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 485/112011-02-13 → 2011-02-13
    Distress signal received from helicopter, one person on board, ditching in 02-35.93S 147-11.33E at 130045Z feb
    Bismarck Sea · Admiralty Islands
  4. HYDROPAC 349/112011-01-29 → 2011-01-31
    Papua new guinea
    Bismarck Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 2294/092009-12-07 → 2009-12-12
    23 foot vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue vicinity bialla (05-18S 151-00E) and lolobau…
  6. HYDROPAC 1796/092009-10-04 → 2009-10-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 02-39.0S 144-29.5E at 031508Z oct
  7. HYDROPAC 1294/092009-07-17 → 2009-07-25
    23 foot banana boat, seven persons on board, unreported east pomio (04-35S 151-35E) to kokopo (04-20S 152-17E)
  8. HYDROPAC 1244/092009-07-10 → 2009-07-10
    Seven meter vessel, five persons on board, reported sunk
  9. HYDROPAC 753/092009-04-15 → 2009-04-18
    5 meter vessel, white hull, 11 persons on board, overdue bali island (04-55S 149-07E) to kimbe (05-32S…
  10. HYDROPAC 198/092009-01-24 → 2009-01-25
    23 foot banana boat, 13 persons on board, overdue vitu islands (04-55S 149-09E) to kimbe island (05-33S…
  11. HYDROPAC 159/092009-01-20 → 2009-01-20
    23 foot vessel, five persons on board, overdue baluan island (02-33S 147-20E) to papialou island (02-43S…
  12. HYDROPAC 1086/082008-06-07 → 2008-06-13
    Six meter vessel, four persons on board, overdue karkar island (04-34S 145-56E) to kubugam, kairiru island…
  13. HYDROPAC 1073/082008-06-06 → 2008-06-06
    Six meter M/V, four persons on board, unreported karkar island (04-34S 145-56E) to kubugam, kairiru island…
  14. HYDROPAC 1051/082008-06-03 → 2008-06-07
    5 meter banana boat, eight persons on board, unreported vicinity watom island (04-04.4S 152-13.7E) since 01…
  15. HYDROPAC 247/082008-02-09 → 2008-02-11
    Six meter vessel, seven persons on board, overdue madang (05-14S 145-47E) to bagdag island (04-49S 146-14E)
  16. HYDROPAC 565/072007-03-27 → 2007-05-26
    M/V hardy yarka, 35 persons on board, overdue medang (05-14S 145-48E) to saidor (05-37S 146-26E)
  17. HYDROPAC 35/072007-01-07 → 2007-02-22
    Five persons missing from vessel vicinity 04-45S 145-50E
  18. HYDROPAC 899/052005-06-01 → 2005-06-29
    20 meter M/V garaga, seven persons on board, overdue lamassa (04-40S 152-48E) to rabaul (04-13S 152-12E)
  19. HYDROPAC 306/052005-02-19 → 2005-02-19
    White dinghy, three persons on board, overdue western island (02-50S 145-10E) to lorengau town (02-2S 147-15E)
  20. HYDROPAC 305/052005-02-19 → 2005-04-06
    White dinghy, three persons on board, overdue western island (02-50S 145-10E) to lorengau town (02-2S 147-15E)
  21. HYDROPAC 276/052005-02-15 → 2005-03-31
    Distress signal received from vessel, seven persons on board, between wewak (03-34S 143-40E) and koil…
  22. HYDROPAC 1223/042004-07-28 → 2004-07-31
    Six meter vessel meosong, seven persons on board, unreported glouster (05-26S 148-25E) to lablab island…
  23. HYDROPAC 1538/032003-09-08 → 2003-09-11
    Seven meter vessel, yellow and green hull, two persons on board unreported
  24. HYDROPAC 78/032003-01-16 → 2003-01-17
    Six meter vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue madang (05-13S 145-50E) to karkar island…
  25. HYDROPAC 1657/022002-09-11 → 2002-09-19
    M/V, white hull, six persons on board, overdue bagabag island (04-45S 146-14E) to karkar island (04-40S…
  26. HYDROPAC 1177/022002-06-24 → 2002-08-11
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with green stripes, ten persons on board, overdue kokopo (04-20S 152-16E) to…
  27. HYDROPAC 706/022002-04-17 → 2002-04-19
    Man overboard from F/V wen sheng in 03-10.9S 147-43.3E at 160110Z apr
  28. HYDROPAC 297/022002-02-17 → 2002-02-17
    Distress signal received from vessel san pedro in 02-53S 142-05E at 162112Z feb
  29. HYDROPAC 864/012001-06-05 → 2001-07-20
    Vessel sunk vicinity 04-16S 152-21E, two persons missing
  30. HYDROPAC 1388/002000-09-21 → 2000-09-22
    25 foot vessel, white hull, four persons on board, overdue mugil harbour (04-50.0S 145-46.8E) to kurum…
  31. HYDROPAC 579/002000-04-15 → 2000-04-17
    Vessel christopher, 18 persons on board, adrift vicinity 02-43S 142-44E at 151800Z apr

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