101 meter M/V gazelle coast, 19 persons on board, aground and taking on water in 10-59.9S 152-34.7E at…
Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 2006/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-12-08 22:28Z
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 8729/01 POR EGC 61080 081753Z DEC 01. Issued 2001-12-08 18:09Z. 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 -10.998, 152.578. 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
- 101 meter M/V gazelle coast, 19 persons on board, has refloated and intends to beach at bushy islets (10-56S…later 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 2006/01 · this notice2001-12-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2008/012001-12-08 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2001-12-08 18:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 8729/01 POR EGC 61080 081753Z DEC 01
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Solomon Sea
- position
- -10.998, 152.578
- vessel
- M/V GAZELLE COAST · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
101 METER M/V GAZELLE COAST, 19 PERSONS ON BOARD, AGROUND AND TAKING ON WATER IN 10-59.9S 152-34.7E AT 081630Z DEC. 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
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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)
70 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 from F/V lu rong yuan yu 889 in vicinity 13-10.60S 151-30.50E at 182204Z…2024-01-18
- Seven meter vessel, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 10-25.50S 149-42.23E at 080200Z sep2023-09-08
- M/V alotau, 37 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to rudder damage in vicinity 10-33.38S 151-54.09E…2023-06-01
- Canoe, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift between misima island (10-37.54S 152-31.37E) and panaeati…2023-05-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 20 meter M/V jeans pride, 50 persons on board, in 08-44.27S…2023-05-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lu rong yuan yu 888 in 12-37.70S 152-55.70E at 020816Z may2023-05-02
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 00:33Z; 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.