Man overboard from F/V vicinity 12-34S 141-17E at 080900Z sep
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1547/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-09-11 08:50Z
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 5719/03 POR EGC #725 100713Z SEP 03. Issued 2003-09-10 08:40Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -12.567, 141.283. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Man overboard from M/V hawaiian leader vicinity of trackline between 03-53N 099-59E at 101600Z sep and…later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 1547/03 · this notice2003-09-10 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1559/032003-09-11 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2003-09-10 08:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 5719/03 POR EGC #725 100713Z SEP 03
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -12.567, 141.283
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM F/V VICINITY 12-34S 141-17E AT 080900Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
- 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)
187 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-51.27S 143-49.93E at 220006Z mar2024-03-22
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-31.40S 143-36.50E at 171122Z feb2024-02-17
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 44 foot S/V samphire in 13-24.27S 143-38.13E at 020937Z jan2024-01-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel rat king in 13-46.40S 143-38.13E at 140950Z nov2023-11-14
- 22 meter M/V kalinda, 17 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 11-43.20S 143-57.80E at 262318Z oct2023-10-27
- Four meter vessel, two persons on board, overdue thursday island to north torres reef (10-25.00S 142-10.00E)2023-10-15
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
- Duyfken point light K3297 in position 12-34.15S 141-35.98E unlitNav aids · 18.5 nm
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z augDerelicts · 53.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 16:41Z; 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.