Incidents · man_overboard
Man overboard from M/V spirit of tasmania vicinity of trackline between 38-57S 145-00E and 38-20S 144-38E
HYDROPAC 1423/99
- issued
- 1999-12-18 19:17Z
- status
- cancelled 1999-12-20 11:10Z (archive)
- authority
- RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR 8824/99 181829Z DEC 99
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -38.642, 144.817
- vessel
- M/V SPIRIT OF TASMANIA
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V SPIRIT OF TASMANIA VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 38-57S 145-00E AND 38-20S 144-38E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 61 2 62306811.
This area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
66 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-14.10S 147-46.00E at 301229Z oct2023-10-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 38-33.20S 145-19.10E at 280713Z oct2023-10-28
- 15 meter S/V, three persons on board, on fire and sinking in 38-55.87S 146-31.00E at 230234Z oct2023-10-23
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from nine meter S/V la balsa in 39-04.73S 146-10.07E at 210442Z mar2023-03-21
- Eight meter M/V larus, two persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 39-10.00S 146-16.40E at…2023-03-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 25 meter F/V empress pearl in vicinity 40-55.27S 144-04.87E at…2022-10-30
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
- 8 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.5NM of position 39-51.73S 145-22.30ENav aids · 77.7 nm
- 8 X 6M yellow buoys FL3 deployed within 1.5NM 39-50.14 s 145-48.24 e 2.5NM clearance requestedOther · 85.1 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 85.9 nm
- Great australian bightCable ops · 85.9 nm
- Drill rig transocean equinox / V7A7397 / 538010767 in position 38-46.20S 142-48.80E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 94.2 nm
- Six meter buoy, yellow, established in 38-47.62S 142-37.77ENav aids · 102.9 nm
- 1 X 6M yellow surface buoy established in position 38-47.62S 142-37.77E 2.5NM clearance requestedNav aids · 102.9 nm
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