Seven meter vessel, three persons on board, disabled and adrift between namatanai (03-40.5S 152-26.5E) and…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1175/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-04-25 12:28Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · AUSSAR 2460/14 241426Z APR 14.. Issued 2014-04-24 15:01Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South Pacific Ocean. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Derelict 229 meter M/V asian empire adrift vicinity 27-02.6N 136-31.7E at 250158Z aprlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1175/14 · this notice2014-04-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1423/142014-05-17 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-04-24 15:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 2460/14 241426Z APR 14.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -3.400, 152.542
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. NEW IRELAND-EAST COAST. SEVEN METER VESSEL, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT BETWEEN NAMATANAI (03-40.5S 152-26.5E) AND LIHIR ISLAND (03-07.5S 152-38.5E). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC PORT MORESBY, PHONE: 675 321 2969, E-MAIL: PNGMRCC@NMSA.GOV.PG OR RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
207 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- 23 foot vessel, six persons on board, unreported emirau island (01-38.50S 149-58.50E) to new hanover island…2024-03-22
- 15 foot vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue in vicinity matsungan island (05-23.30S 154-34.57E)2024-03-20
- Seven meter vessel, white hull with yellow stripes, six persons on board, overdue feni island (04-05.02S…2024-01-29
- Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, three persons on board, overdue tanga island (03-22.50S…2023-12-28
- Seven meter vessel, white hull, three persons on board, overdue buka (05-12.00S 154-31.00E) at 241800Z sep…2023-09-27
- Seven meter vessel, capsized, two persons in water between muliama village (04-03.50S 152-58.30E) and feni…2023-09-19
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:35Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
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. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.