Vessel, one person on board, taking on water in 40-56.5S 147-09.3E
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 2562/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-07-27 11:52Z
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 4704/18 130037Z JUL 18.. Issued 2018-07-13 04:56Z. 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
- Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -40.942, 147.155. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2018-07-13 04:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 4704/18 130037Z JUL 18.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -40.942, 147.155
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BASS STRAIT. TASMANIA. DNC 05. VESSEL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, TAKING ON WATER IN 40-56.5S 147-09.3E. 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.
- 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.
- 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)
104 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 in 40-37.93S 147-54.00E at 120150Z apr2024-04-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-14.10S 147-46.00E at 301229Z oct2023-10-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 38-33.20S 145-19.10E at 280713Z oct2023-10-28
- 15 meter S/V, three persons on board, on fire and sinking in 38-55.87S 146-31.00E at 230234Z oct2023-10-23
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V windown, white hull, two persons on board, in vicinity…2023-03-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from nine meter S/V la balsa in 39-04.73S 146-10.07E at 210442Z mar2023-03-21
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 2026-09-27 03:46Z; 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.