Wrecks

Australia-northeast Coast

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2566/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-11-19 21:56Z

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) · AUSCOAST 197/14 020554Z SEP 14.. Issued 2014-09-02 06:50Z. 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
Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -19.302, 147.616. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2014-09-02 06:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AUSCOAST 197/14 020554Z SEP 14.
issued by
AUSCOAST
sea
Coral Sea
position
-19.302, 147.616
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST.
CHART 74223
HISTORIC WRECK ISOLATED DANGER BUOY 19-18.12S 147-36.98E MISSING.

Reading this warning

Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Dangerous wreck
A sunken vessel close enough to the surface to endanger ships, or wreckage reported in the water.
Off station / missing buoy
A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions

9 within 180 nm since 2000 · 4 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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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

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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

40 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:24Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →

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.