Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-12.6S 142-52.6E at 110605Z dec
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2747/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-11 10:27Z
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 8007/10 110621Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-11 06:52Z. 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 -10.210, 142.877. 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
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 2747/10 · this notice2010-12-11 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 80/112011-01-08 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-12-11 06:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 8007/10 110621Z DEC 10.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -10.210, 142.877
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TORRES STRAIT. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN 10-12.6S 142-52.6E AT 110605Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
Reading this warning
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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)
312 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.
- Five persons overboard from vesssel, capsized and adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 09-16.00S…2024-05-04
- Capsized vessel, three persons on board, adrift in 09-34.98S 144-06.12E at 021040Z may2024-05-02
- Capsized vessel, three persons on board, adrift in 09-35.52S 144-06.95E at 020756Z may2024-05-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-33.40S 144-07.20E at 020531Z may2024-05-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-51.27S 143-49.93E at 220006Z mar2024-03-22
- Seven meter vessel, 12 persons on board, requesting assistance in 09-26.58S 143-07.11E at 070455Z jan2024-01-07
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
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 11-55.02S 141-54.27E at 020629Z augDerelicts · 117.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 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.