Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Coral Sea

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  1. HYDROPAC 1805/142014-06-22 → 2014-06-22
    14 meter S/V storm vogal, blue and white hull, two persons on board, taking on water vicinity 16-02.5S…
    Coral Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 1785/142014-06-20 → 2014-06-20
    Five meter vessel, two persons on board, aground and taking on water in 18-09.5S 146-18.6E
    Australia-east Coast
  3. HYDROPAC 1748/142014-06-18 → 2014-06-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 7.9 meter vessel storm runner, white hull, two persons on board,…
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 1747/142014-06-18 → 2014-06-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 7.9 meter vessel storm runner, white hull, two persons on board,…
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 1678/142014-06-11 → 2014-06-11
    14 meter F/V invader II, blue hull, five persons on board, overdue between hayman island (20-03S 148-53E)…
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 1486/142014-05-25 → 2014-05-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter M/V vicinity 09-52.07S 142-12.6E at 250441Z may
    Torres Strait
  7. HYDROPAC 1352/142014-05-10 → 2014-05-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from seven meter M/V seavayer vicinity 24-50.5S 153-03.9E
    Australia-east Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 1279/142014-05-02 → 2014-05-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 5.3 meter vessel, two persons on board, vicinity 18-57.84S…
    Australia-northeast Coast
  9. HYDROPAC 1275/142014-05-02 → 2014-05-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 5.4 meter vessel lewina vicinity 15-44.28S 145-27.56E at 021450Z may
    Australia-northeast Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 1226/142014-04-29 → 2014-04-29
    Distress signal from five meter vessel, one person on board, in 09-31.20S 143-29.22E at 290505Z apr
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast · Torres Strait
  11. HYDROPAC 1143/142014-04-21 → 2014-04-21
    Distress signal received from vessel sulalah, five persons on board, between boigu island (09-16S 142-13E)…
    Torres Strait
  12. HYDROPAC 1038/142014-04-13 → 2014-04-13
    16 meter F/V peg, three persons on board, aground on trogolby reef (21-09.44S 150-36.32E) at 131630Z apr
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 921/142014-04-02 → 2014-04-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-52.1S 142-59.2E at 020459Z apr
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 842/142014-03-26 → 2014-03-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V torres pearl, 40 person on board, in 08-20.10S 144-02.28E at…
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast · Gulf of Papua
  15. HYDROPAC 663/142014-03-08 → 2014-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel, green hull, two persons on board, vicinity…
    Torres Strait · Australia-northeast Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 618/142014-03-04 → 2014-03-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V blue moves vicinity 13-10.51S 147-08.08E at 040140Z mar
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  17. HYDROPAC 580/142014-02-27 → 2014-02-27
    Distress signal received from F/V danika in 11-28S 143-07E at 271156Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  18. HYDROPAC 353/142014-02-05 → 2014-02-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 10-51.36S 142-19.86E at 042342Z feb
    Australia-northeast Coast · Torres Strait
  19. HYDROPAC 267/142014-01-27 → 2014-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V crackers vicinity 23-12.8S 150-58.2E at 270045Z jan
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  20. HYDROPAC 259/142014-01-26 → 2014-01-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from six meter M/V ez go n, white and blue hull, five persons on board,…
    Australia-east Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 220/142014-01-22 → 2014-01-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from ten meter vessel shivoo, one person on board, vicinity 09-41.64S…
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast
  22. HYDROPAC 159/142014-01-17 → 2014-01-17
    12 meter S/V temerare, one person on board, requesting assistance in 27-40.86S 154-26.76E at 170011Z jan
    Australia-east Coast
  23. HYDROPAC 128/142014-01-12 → 2014-01-13
    Five meter vessel, one person on board, overdue yam island (09-53.8S 142-45.9E) to warraber island (10-12.4S…
    Torres Strait
  24. HYDROPAC 109/142014-01-10 → 2014-01-10
    Five meter vessel, one person on board, overdue cooktown (15-28S 145-17E) to east of boulder reef (15-25S…
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 43/142014-01-04 → 2014-01-05
    Man overboard from M/V cougar ace vicinity of trackline between 15-00S 155-00E at 041600Z jan and 13-10S…
    Coral Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 3954/132013-12-20 → 2013-12-21
    Man overboard from M/V rhapsody of the sea in 27-39.21S 159-34.51E at 201500Z dec
    Coral Sea · Tasman Sea
  27. HYDROPAC 3941/132013-12-19 → 2013-12-20
    Vessel, four persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 09-54.0S 142-46.5E at 191500Z dec
    Torres Strait
  28. HYDROPAC 3922/132013-12-18 → 2013-12-18
    Four meter vessel, one person on board, overdue
    Coral Sea · New Caledonia
  29. HYDROPAC 3743/132013-11-30 → 2013-12-01
    Vessel, three persons on board, overdue keppel point (10-10S 147-57E) and return
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast
  30. HYDROPAC 3719/132013-11-28 → 2013-11-28
    Ten meter F/V scallywag, three persons on board, taking on water in 15-01.7S 145-28.0E at 280923Z nov
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  31. HYDROPAC 3398/132013-10-31 → 2013-10-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 23-30.78S 150-52.32E at 311156Z oct
    Australia-east Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 3325/132013-10-25 → 2013-10-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 19-31.74S 149-02.04E at 252246Z oct
    Australia-northeast Coast
  33. HYDROPAC 3147/132013-10-14 → 2013-10-18
    23 foot vessel, white hull, eight persons on board, overdue daru (09-05S 143-12E) to warrior reefs (09-33S…
    Torres Strait
  34. HYDROPAC 3125/132013-10-12 → 2013-10-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 09-44.20S 142-24.13E at 120500Z oct
    Torres Strait
  35. HYDROPAC 3047/132013-10-04 → 2013-10-04
    12 meter S/V twister, dark blue hull, two persons on board, taking on water in 20-46.50S 149-02.82E at…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  36. HYDROPAC 3028/132013-10-02 → 2013-10-02
    M/V seafaris on fire vicinity 16-08S 145-30E
    Australia-northeast Coast
  37. HYDROPAC 3003/132013-09-30 → 2013-10-01
    Five meter F/V, two persons on board, overdue
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  38. HYDROPAC 2997/132013-09-30 → 2013-11-02
    Seven meter vessel, four persons on board, overdue tegua island (13-14-38S 166-37-34E) to loh island…
    Coral Sea · New Hebrides · Vanuatu · Torres Islands
  39. HYDROPAC 2890/132013-09-22 → 2013-09-25
    Derelict eight meter vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 23-31S 153-36E at 220230Z sep
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 2887/132013-09-21 → 2013-09-22
    11.3 meter S/V shogun, white hull, two persons on board, unreported
    Australia-north Coast · Torres Strait
  41. HYDROPAC 2879/132013-09-21 → 2013-09-21
    5.4 meter vessel, aluminium hull, two persons on board, overdue vicinity lockhart river (12-47S 143-21E)
    Australia-northeast Coast
  42. HYDROPAC 2876/132013-09-21 → 2013-09-24
    Derelict 15 meter vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 23-18.9S 154-07.2E at 210155Z sep
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 2798/132013-09-15 → 2013-09-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 09-58S 142-15E at 151930Z sep
    Torres Strait
  44. HYDROPAC 2778/132013-09-13 → 2013-09-14
    Vessel on fire in 16-33.8S 147-50.6E at 132240Z sep
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 2746/132013-09-11 → 2013-09-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 10-14.07S 166-05.07E at 111225Z sep
    Coral Sea · Solomon Sea
  46. HYDROPAC 2619/132013-08-31 → 2013-09-01
    Distress signal received from seven meter vessel scimitar vicinity 18-52.38S 146-29.82E at 312230Z aug
    Australia-northeast Coast
  47. HYDROPAC 2571/132013-08-28 → 2013-08-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-43.6S 149-42.4E at 280713Z aug
    Australia-northeast Coast
  48. HYDROPAC 2305/132013-08-04 → 2013-08-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 20-33.9S 149-55.6E at 032314Z aug
    Australia-northeast Coast
  49. HYDROPAC 2264/132013-07-31 → 2013-07-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-06.3S 142-49.1E at 310700Z jul
    Torres Strait
  50. HYDROPAC 2141/132013-07-20 → 2013-08-14
    Last known position port vila (17-45S 168-18E)
    Western South Pacific · Coral Sea · Vanuatu · S/V Sea Fury Unreported Vicinity Vanuatu

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