47 meter M/V rabaul queen, 350 persons on board, sunk vicinity 06-31.5S 147-59.7E at 012349Z feb
Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 278/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-02-02 12:36Z
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 797/12 REV1 020110Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-02 01:39Z. 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
- Solomon Sea. The parsed report position is -6.525, 147.995. 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
- issued
- 2012-02-02 01:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 797/12 REV1 020110Z FEB 12.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Solomon Sea
- position
- -6.525, 147.995
- vessel
- M/V RABAUL QUEEN · 7 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. VITIAZ STRAIT. 1. 47 METER M/V RABAUL QUEEN, 350 PERSONS ON BOARD, SUNK VICINITY 06-31.5S 147-59.7E AT 012349Z FEB. RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDERWAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 623 06811, FAX: 612 623 06868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 277/12.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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 · other warnings
10 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.
- Two persons adrift on desbris in vicinity of trackline joining 05-25.00S 147-10.00E, 05-20.00S 147-35.00E2022-09-24
- Three persons overboard from vessel in 05-59.76S 147-46.24E at 221335Z aug2022-08-23
- Six persons overboard in vicinity of trackline joining madang (05-12.6S 145-47.2E) to karkar island (04-44S…2022-01-21
- 23 foot vessel requesting assistance along trackline joining 05-17.7S 145-46.8E, 05-00.0S 146-00.0E2019-03-02
- Rescue operations in progress for M/V rabaul queen vicinity kiriwina island (08-30S 151-06E) and lusancay…2012-02-06
- Rescue operations in progress for M/V rabaul queen within 50 miles of 08-00S 150-18E2012-02-04
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 09:11Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.