Four meter vessel, white hull, unreported
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 2074/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-07-14 00:58Z
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) · JRCC AUSTRALIA 4395/20 131735Z JUL 20.. Issued 2020-07-13 19:14Z. 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 -12.028, 135.560. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2074/20 and this msg, vessel located safelater 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 2074/20 · this notice2020-07-13 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2075/202020-07-14 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2020-07-13 19:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 4395/20 131735Z JUL 20.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -12.028, 135.560
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. DNC 05. FOUR METER VESSEL, WHITE HULL, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN 12-01.7S 135-33.6E AT 121200Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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)
71 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 from 13 meter S/V avenue blue, three persons onboard, in 11-35.00S 136-17.00E at…2024-05-04
- Distress signal received from F/V angelina c in 11-36.13S 134-02.53E at 040846Z jan2024-01-04
- 12 meter S/V anytime, white hull, one person on board, unreported bamaga (10-52.00S 142-18.00E) to darwin…2023-07-07
- Derelict 20 meter F/V capsized and adrift in 11-51.40S 135-00.00E at 210001Z dec2022-12-21
- Derelict 20 meter F/V with net capsized and adrift in 11-51.40S 135-00.00E at 111900Z dec2022-12-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-43.33S 135-27.07E at 030453Z oct2022-10-03
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 2026-10-03 20:34Z; 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.