20 meter F/V, orange hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 10-11.30S 138-32.01E at 140730Z sep
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 2546/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-09-15 09:22Z
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 6131/22 141418Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-14 14:36Z. 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 -10.188, 138.534. 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
- 20 meter F/V, orange hull, adrift in vicinity 10-11.30S 138-32.01E at 140730Z sepcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2546/22 and this msg, search suspendedlater 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 2546/22 · this notice2022-09-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2555/222022-09-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2557/222022-09-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2576/222022-09-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2585/222022-09-18 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2022-09-14 14:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 6131/22 141418Z SEP 22.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -10.188, 138.534
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. DNC 05. 1. 20 METER F/V, ORANGE HULL, CAPSIZED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 10-11.30S 138-32.01E AT 140730Z SEP. 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. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2544/22
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.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
63 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
- 15 meter S/V sabu, white hull, two persons on board, disabled in 10-04.12S 139-09.47E at 160112Z jul2023-07-17
- 12 meter S/V anytime, white hull, one person on board, unreported bamaga (10-52.00S 142-18.00E) to darwin…2023-07-07
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-14.87S 138-47.00E at 161640Z nov2022-11-16
- Derelict 20 meter F/V, capsized and adrift in vicinity 10-41.58S 136-06.07E at 300222Z sep2022-09-30
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 10-33.00S 136-24.10E at 280518Z sep2022-09-28
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 2026-10-01 20:27Z; 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.