Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Coral 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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  1. HYDROPAC 1619/122012-06-09 → 2012-06-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 19-10S 147-04E at 091557Z jun
    Australia-northeast Coast
  2. HYDROPAC 1616/122012-06-09 → 2012-06-09
    13 meter vessel hapai, white hull, six persons on board, unreported mooloolaba (26-40.9S 153-07.1E) to lady…
    Australia-east Coast
  3. HYDROPAC 1560/122012-06-04 → 2012-06-05
    12 meter M/V mehitabel, two persons on board, disabled in 25-39.80S 156-03.37E at 042240Z jun
    Australia-east Coast
  4. HYDROPAC 1537/122012-06-01 → 2012-06-01
    Vessel xyris, one person on board, in need of assistance, abandoning ship vicinity 24-08.8S 152-12.1E
    Australia-northeast Coast
  5. HYDROPAC 1430/122012-05-21 → 2012-05-24
    Three four meter vessels, white hull, seven persons on board, unreported within 15 miles of 07-52S 144-20E
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast · Gulf of Papua
  6. HYDROPAC 1421/122012-05-20 → 2012-05-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 24-54.24S 153-28.02E at 200557Z may
    Australia-east Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 1324/122012-05-11 → 2012-05-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V upps vicinity 22-19.67S 152-43.13E at 110522Z may
    Australia-northeast Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 1291/122012-05-07 → 2012-05-09
    Man overboard from M/V ocean lord vicinity of trackline between 18-24S 152-49E at 05103Z may and 16-08S…
    Autralia-northeast Coast
  9. HYDROPAC 1275/122012-05-06 → 2012-05-07
    Man overboard from M/V ocean lord vicinity of trackline bewtween 18-24S 152-49E at 051030Z may and 16-08S…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 1273/122012-05-05 → 2012-05-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-09.0S 147-04.4E at 052157Z may
    Australia-northeast Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 1249/122012-05-03 → 2012-05-03
    F/V, six persons on board, aground in 20-33.0S 149-56.4E
    Australia-northeast Coast
  12. HYDROPAC 1134/122012-04-19 → 2012-04-20
    Vessel, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 09-47.91S 142-58.06E
    Torres Strait
  13. HYDROPAC 958/122012-04-05 → 2012-04-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 27-17.5S 154-30.3E at 050500Z apr
    Australia-east Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 792/122012-03-18 → 2012-03-19
    12 meter vessel chesapeake, one person on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 20-44.06S 149-17.96E at…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 779/122012-03-17 → 2012-03-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 27-55.56S 153-55.98E at 170836Z mar
    Australia-east Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 741/122012-03-14 → 2012-03-16
    Distress signal received from vessel, seven persons on board, between duan island (09-25S 142-32E) and badu…
    Torres Strait
  17. HYDROPAC 266/122012-02-01 → 2012-02-01
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 21-38S 149-41E at 010001Z feb
    Australia-east Coast
  18. HYDROPAC 169/122012-01-19 → 2012-01-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-39S 146-00E at 191943Z jan
    Australia-northeast Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 119/122012-01-15 → 2012-01-28
    Man overboard in 21-00S 166-48E
    Coral Sea · New Caledonia
  20. HYDROPAC 62/122012-01-09 → 2012-01-12
    Five meter vessel, five persons on board, disabled and adrift yorke island (09-44.7S 143-26.0E) to thursday…
    Torres Strait
  21. HYDROPAC 50/122012-01-07 → 2012-01-08
    Five meter vessel, 11 persons on board, overdue murray island (09-54.9S 144-02.9E) to daru (09-04.0S…
    Torres Strait
  22. HYDROPAC 3606/112011-12-27 → 2011-12-27
    Six meter vessel timilgab, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-47.22S 148-39.54E at 270843Z dec
    Australia-northeast Coast
  23. HYDROPAC 3589/112011-12-25 → 2011-12-25
    Two 23 foot vessels, white hull, seven or eight persons on board each, overdue daru (09-05S 143-12E) to…
    Torres Strait
  24. HYDROPAC 3588/112011-12-25 → 2011-12-25
    Four 23 foot vessels, white hull, seven or eight persons on board each, overdue daru (09-05S 143-12E) to…
    Torres Strait
  25. HYDROPAC 3554/112011-12-20 → 2011-12-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11 meter M/V minx, two persons on board, vicinity 17-21S 154-15E at…
    Coral Sea · Mackay To Solomon Islands
  26. HYDROPAC 3517/112011-12-16 → 2011-12-16
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue daru (09-05S 143-12E) to yorke island (09-45S…
    Torres Strait
  27. HYDROPAC 3508/112011-12-16 → 2011-12-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V cetus vicinity 21-21.5S 150-35.9E at 160446Z dec
    Australia-northeast Coast
  28. HYDROPAC 3493/112011-12-15 → 2011-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-38.2S 146-29.9E at 150101Z dec
    Australia-northeast Coast
  29. HYDROPAC 3141/112011-11-08 → 2011-11-08
    36 foot S/V beccy boo, white hull with black trim, two persons on board, overdue cairns (16-55S 145-46E) to…
    Coral Sea
  30. HYDROPAC 3097/112011-11-02 → 2011-11-02
    Five meter vessel from M/V invader II overdue vicinity chicken reef 18-39.80S 147-42.44E
    Australia-northeast Coast
  31. HYDROPAC 3063/112011-10-31 → 2011-10-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 5.5 meter M/V pride albatross, two persons on board, vicinity…
    Australia-northeast Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 3057/112011-10-30 → 2011-10-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V tuahine, three persons on board, vicinity 26-41.8S 154-53.8E at…
    Australia-east Coast
  33. HYDROPAC 3013/112011-10-26 → 2011-10-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V, three persons on board, vicinity 18-03.54S 146-27.12E at…
    Australia-northeast Coast
  34. HYDROPAC 2977/112011-10-22 → 2011-10-23
    S/V pops dream, two persons on board, lost steering in 23-18S 155-02E at 221415Z
    Austrailia-east Coast
  35. HYDROPAC 2956/112011-10-20 → 2011-10-20
    Distress signal received from vessel teddy bears picnic between cairns (16-55.5S 145-46.5E) and bundaberg…
    Australia-northeast Coast
  36. HYDROPAC 2926/112011-10-17 → 2011-10-22
    Five meter vessel, one person on board, overdue F/V invader II (20-06.43S 149-47.31E) and return
    Australia-northeast Coast
  37. HYDROPAC 2924/112011-10-17 → 2011-10-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 10-29S 142-15E at 170812Z oct
    Torres Strait
  38. HYDROPAC 2870/112011-10-12 → 2011-10-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V coltana vicinity 17-18.2S 146-25.4E at 122156Z oct
    Australia-northeast Coast
  39. HYDROPAC 2818/112011-10-08 → 2011-10-08
    Australia-east coast distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V flystalker vicinity 26-59.16S 153-36.66E…
  40. HYDROPAC 2762/112011-10-01 → 2011-10-02
    Distress signal recieved on 121.5 and 406.0 mhz from 12 meter S/V dona zita in 10-03.32S 145-46.36E
    Gulf of Papua
  41. HYDROPAC 2736/112011-09-29 → 2011-10-08
    11 meter S/V jedi, white hull, one person on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 21-43.45S 168-24.86E
    South Pacific · Vanuatu
  42. HYDROPAC 2525/112011-09-07 → 2011-09-09
    Distress signal recieved on 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V tsarabanjina in 13-36.7S 162-12.1E at 062156Z sep
    Solomon Sea · Coral Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 2409/112011-08-26 → 2011-08-27
    12 meter M/V perlin, white hull, one person on board, unreported rosslyn bay (23-09S 150-47E) to port…
    Australia-east Coast
  44. HYDROPAC 2350/112011-08-21 → 2011-08-21
    Distress signal recieved on 406 mhz from dory 4 from F/V marloo vicinity black reef (19-48S 149-28E) at…
    Australia-northeast Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 2295/112011-08-16 → 2011-08-19
    Vanuatu to australia
    Coral Sea
  46. HYDROPAC 2263/112011-08-12 → 2011-08-13
    Distress signal received in 13-31.95S 167-17.90E
    South Pacific · Vanuatu
  47. HYDROPAC 2124/112011-07-28 → 2011-07-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-26.5S 154-27.5E
    Australia-east Coast
  48. HYDROPAC 1969/112011-07-08 → 2011-07-09
    Vessel, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift daru (09-05-10S 143-12-27E) to badu (10-06-56S 142-08-41E)…
    Torres Strait
  49. HYDROPAC 1920/112011-07-02 → 2011-07-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 13.5 meter S/V pacific visions, two persons on board, vicinity…
    Australia-northeast Coast
  50. HYDROPAC 1712/112011-06-11 → 2011-06-11
    F/V ann margaret, five persons on board, taking on water in 21-53.32S 152-26.58E at 112130Z jun
    Australia-northeast Coast

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