4 meter F/V, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue honiara to 09-24S 159-29E
Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 1967/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-10-25 10:20Z
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 7546/02 212356Z OCT 02. Issued 2002-10-22 02:05Z. 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
- Solomon Sea. The parsed report position is -9.400, 159.483. 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
- 6.4 meter vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue honiara to 09-24S 159-29Elater 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 1967/02 · this notice2002-10-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1984/022002-10-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1988/022002-10-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1994/022002-10-25 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2002-10-22 02:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 7546/02 212356Z OCT 02
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Solomon Sea
- position
- -9.400, 159.483
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
6.4 METER F/V, BLUE HULL, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE HONIARA TO 09-24S 159-29E. 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
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- 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.
- 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)
42 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Papua new guinea2023-08-23
- Man overboard from M/V fair lady in vicinity of trackline joining 08-46.00S 158-20.00E at 071300Z and…2023-02-08
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinty 10-12.80S 158-27.53E2022-07-31
- Seven meter vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue honiara (09-25.5S 159-57.0E) to mborokua island…2021-08-17
- Seven meter vessel, white hull, six persons on board, overdue duff island (09-51S 157-10E) to reef island…2021-08-17
- Seven meter vessel, blue hull with red cabin, seven persons onboard, unreported santa isabel (08-35S…2021-07-11
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 04:02Z; 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.