Incidents · overdue

S/V poisson d'avril, one person on board, overdue french polynesia to darwin (12-27.00S 130-50.00E) via…

Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1983/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-08-10 10:12Z

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) · MRCC GRIS NEZ 071504Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-08 01:04Z. 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 -11.027, 138.186. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Arafura Sea →

issued: 2013-07-08 01:04Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC GRIS NEZ 071504Z JUL 13.
issued by: MRCC GRIS NEZ
sea: Arafura Sea
position: -11.027, 138.186
vessel: S/V POISSON D'AVRIL
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

FRENCH POLYNESIA TO AUSTRALIA.
S/V POISSON D'AVRIL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, OVERDUE
FRENCH POLYNESIA TO DARWIN (12-27.00S 130-50.00E)
VIA TORRES STRAIT. LAST KNOWN POSITION
09-36.19S 145-32.38E ON 06 JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST
IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC GRIS NEZ,
TELEX: 42130680, PHONE: 33 321 872 187,
FAX: 33 321 877 855.

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.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

65 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.

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 2026-10-04 02:37Z; 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) →

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