Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Coral Sea

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  1. HYDROPAC 2087/162016-07-12 → 2016-07-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-01.13S 146-18.00E at 120546Z jul
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  2. HYDROPAC 2036/162016-07-07 → 2016-07-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V cossack pearl in 11-54S 143-12E at 070343Z jul
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  3. HYDROPAC 2021/162016-07-06 → 2016-07-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 4.5 meter vessel vicinity 14-08S 144-30E at 060053Z jul
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  4. HYDROPAC 2019/162016-07-05 → 2016-07-05
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, six persons on board, overdue pearce cay (09-30S 143-17E) to massig (09-45S…
    Coral Sea · Torres Strait · Australia-northeast Coast
  5. HYDROPAC 1929/162016-06-28 → 2016-06-28
    Six meter M/V tin man, white hull, two persons on board, overdue townsville (19-15.0S 146-49.0E) to slasher…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  6. HYDROPAC 1426/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-01S 150-03E at 160630Z may
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 1374/162016-05-11 → 2016-05-11
    Vessel spirit of 1770, 48 persons on board, on fire and taking on water, crew abandoning ship vicinity…
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 1360/162016-05-10 → 2016-05-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 23-37.92S 151-28.08E at 101132Z may
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  9. HYDROPAC 1086/162016-04-13 → 2016-04-13
    Vessel, two persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity twin island (10-27.8S 142-26.5E) at 130930Z apr
    Torres Strait · Australia-northeast Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 1073/162016-04-12 → 2016-04-16
    Two persons missing vicinity 09-40.5S 147-03.8E at 110938Z apr
    Coral Sea · Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 1065/162016-04-10 → 2016-04-10
    Six meter vessel, three persons on board, disabled, adrift and taking on water vicinity gabba island (09-46S…
    Coral Sea · Torres Strait
  12. HYDROPAC 983/162016-04-04 → 2016-04-06
    F/V cassandra capsized in 24-55.51S 153-25.86E on 03 apr
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  13. HYDROPAC 921/162016-03-30 → 2016-03-30
    Seven meter vessel leader, two persons on board, taking on water in 20-40.92S 150-13.91E at 300226Z mar
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 920/162016-03-30 → 2016-03-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-52S 143-42E at 300103Z mar
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 821/162016-03-21 → 2016-03-28
    Aircraft, one person on board, missing within 50 miles of 28-36.15S 153-44.76E at 210550Z mar
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 575/162016-02-29 → 2016-03-03
    Derelict 40 meter barge capsized and adrift in 18-32.8S 168-46.1E at 290001Z feb
    Western South Pacific · Coral Sea · Vanuatu
  17. HYDROPAC 559/162016-02-28 → 2016-02-29
    13 persons abandoned ship in liferaft in 18-33S 168-44E
    Western South Pacific · Coral Sea · Vanuatu
  18. HYDROPAC 558/162016-02-28 → 2016-02-28
    Distress signal received in 18-32S 168-46E
    Western South Pacific · Coral Sea · Vanuatu
  19. HYDROPAC 525/162016-02-25 → 2016-02-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel catcha vicinity 25-46.87S 153-07.73E at 251308Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 431/162016-02-16 → 2016-02-19
    Scuba diver missing from 7.5 meter M/V sousa vicinity 18-02.22S 146-25.87E at 160330Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 291/162016-02-02 → 2016-02-03
    Five meter F/V, one person on board, overdue vicinity 20-15.3S 150-32.0E
    Coral Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 40/162016-01-07 → 2016-02-21
    12 meter S/V intia, white hull, two persons on board, overdue port vila (17-45S 168-18E) to noumea (22-16S…
    Coral Sea · Vanuatu To New Caledonia
  23. HYDROPAC 4252/152015-12-30 → 2015-12-30
    Eight meter vessel, white hull, nine persons on board, overdue sassie island (10-02.26S 142-50.79E) to sue…
    Torres Strait
  24. HYDROPAC 4210/152015-12-27 → 2015-12-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter M/V joe, white hull, two persons on board, in 13-54S…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  25. HYDROPAC 4130/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel, two persons on board, vicinity 10-02S 142-58E at 182243Z dec
    Torres Strait
  26. HYDROPAC 4070/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-14
    Two, five meter vessels, yellow and blue hull, black and white hull, two persons on board each, overdue…
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  27. HYDROPAC 4031/152015-12-11 → 2015-12-15
    Nine meter S/V colombo 7, white hull, one person on board, overdue inskip point (25-49.9S 153-04.1E) to…
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  28. HYDROPAC 3555/152015-10-29 → 2015-10-29
    12.9 meter S/V blue pelican, two persons on board, unreported noumea (22-16-33S 166-27-29E) to coffs harbor…
    Coral Sea · New Caledonia To Australia
  29. HYDROPAC 3487/152015-10-23 → 2015-10-26
    6.5 meter vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue lausalemba (10-40S 165-56E) to tinakula (10-23S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Coral Sea · Solomon Islands
  30. HYDROPAC 3233/152015-09-30 → 2015-09-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-35.60S 143-59.73E at 292342Z sep
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast · Gulf of Papua
  31. HYDROPAC 3204/152015-09-26 → 2015-09-27
    15 meter S/V valhalla II, three persons on board, overdue umboi (05-32S 147-52E) to cairns (16-55S 145-56E)
    Solomon Sea · Coral Sea · Papua New Guinea To Australia
  32. HYDROPAC 3190/152015-09-25 → 2015-09-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel vicinity 09-36.8S 142-22.5E at 251101Z sep
    Torres Strait
  33. HYDROPAC 2949/152015-09-08 → 2015-09-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-17.88S 151-31.38E at 080721Z sep
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 2917/152015-09-04 → 2015-09-09
    11 meter S/V mahi, blue hull, one person on board, unreported brisbane (27-28S 153-02E) to fiji (18-10S…
    Coral Sea · Western South Pacific · Australia To Fiji
  35. HYDROPAC 2849/152015-08-28 → 2015-08-28
    Eight meter M/V, white hull, three persons on board, overdue thursday island (10-32S 142-15E) to daru island…
    Torres Strait
  36. HYDROPAC 2810/152015-08-25 → 2015-08-25
    Distress signal received from ten meter long vessel sei ji I, white hull, three persons on board, in…
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  37. HYDROPAC 2707/152015-08-15 → 2015-08-16
    M/V lucky, four persons on board, taking on water in 19-30S 150-13E
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  38. HYDROPAC 2656/152015-08-13 → 2015-08-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 5.9 meter vessel sadie-nan, black hull, three persons on board,…
    Australia-northeast Coast · Torres Strait
  39. HYDROPAC 2605/152015-08-08 → 2015-08-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 26-54.36S 153-35.94E at 082119Z aug
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 2571/152015-08-06 → 2015-08-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 09-47.4S 143-28.1E at 060100Z aug
    Coral Sea
  41. HYDROPAC 2438/152015-07-25 → 2015-07-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 21-23.46S 149-19.20E at 251445Z jul
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  42. HYDROPAC 2415/152015-07-24 → 2015-07-24
    12 meter S/V, blue hull, unknown persons on board, disabled and adrift in 26-55S 162-10E at 230249Z jul
    Western South Pacific · Coral Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 2350/152015-07-17 → 2015-07-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V cape rose in 20-59.76S 151-22.74E at 170757Z jul
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 2271/152015-07-09 → 2015-07-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 29-41.76S 153-19.92E at 090716Z jul
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 2068/152015-06-23 → 2015-06-26
    Man overboard from F/V diamond vicinity 12-34S 151-25E at 230230Z jun
    Coral Sea
  46. HYDROPAC 2059/152015-06-22 → 2015-06-23
    F/V challenger k, two persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 13-35.1S 144-01.1E
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  47. HYDROPAC 1960/152015-06-16 → 2015-06-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel yalta runabout vicinity 21-23.9S 149-33.3E at…
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 1941/152015-06-15 → 2015-06-16
    Five meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue saibai (09-42-00S 142-41-00E) to moa islands (10-10-59S…
    Torres Strait
  49. HYDROPAC 1604/152015-05-15 → 2015-05-15
    Two five meter vessels, six persons on board, overdue milman islets (11-10.01S 143-00.43E) to ussher point…
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 1566/152015-05-12 → 2015-05-13
    Vessel, white hull, nine persons on board, overdue yam island (09-54-00S 142-46-01E) to daru island…
    Coral Sea · Torres Strait

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