Distress signal received on 243 mhz vicinity 14-40S 150-05E at 291139Z sep
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 1573/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-09-29 17:10Z
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 6963/01 POR EGC #59031 291212Z SEP 01. Issued 2001-09-29 13:24Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -14.667, 150.083. 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
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz and 243 mhz vicinity 14-40S 150-12E at 291615Z seplater 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 1573/01 · this notice2001-09-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1574/012001-09-29 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2001-09-29 13:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 6963/01 POR EGC #59031 291212Z SEP 01
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -14.667, 150.083
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 243 MHZ VICINITY 14-40S 150-05E AT 291139Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811.
Reading this warning
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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)
22 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 from F/V lu rong yuan yu 889 in vicinity 13-10.60S 151-30.50E at 182204Z…2024-01-18
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V mia in 15-29.6S 147-06.6E at 171915Z apr2020-04-17
- Man overboard from F/V crystal 202 in vicinity 12-27S 149-42E2018-03-31
- Distress signal received from M/V hanjin tacoma in 12-24S 151-07E at 220239Z oct2016-10-22
- Man overboard from F/V diamond vicinity 12-34S 151-25E at 230230Z jun2015-06-23
- Vessel on fire in 16-33.8S 147-50.6E at 132240Z sep2013-09-13
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 2026-09-27 18:50Z; 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.