Five meter vessel, one person on board, overdue F/V invader II (20-06.43S 149-47.31E) and return
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2926/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-10-22 09:36Z
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 6657/11 170952Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-17 11:59Z. 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 -20.107, 149.788. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2011-10-17 11:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 6657/11 170952Z OCT 11.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -20.107, 149.788
- vessel
- F/V INVADER II · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. FIVE METER VESSEL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, OVERDUE F/V INVADER II (20-06.43S 149-47.31E) AND RETURN. 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
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- 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)
238 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 18-58.60S 147-43.20E at 070339Z apr2024-04-07
- Distress signal received from 4.2 meter vessel in 20-45.07S 149-04.60E at 310516Z jan2024-01-31
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from nine meter F/V the mistress in vicinity 20-11.60S 148-59.93E at…2023-09-21
- Helicopter, four persons on board, ditched in 20-24.48S 148-56.46E at 281250Z jul2023-07-28
- S/V mistral, four persons on board, taking on water in 20-15.73S 150-16.07E at 260555Z jul2023-07-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from six meter vessel, two or three persons on board, in 19-35.27S…2023-06-23
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 12:23Z; 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.