Ten meter S/V idle vice, white hull, four persons on board, abandoning ship in 21-41S 161-08E at 160800Z feb
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 294/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-02-17 09:49Z
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 1364/08 160821Z FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-16 09:56Z. 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
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -21.683, 161.133. 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
- Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 05-38.8N 143-11.3E at 150147Z febcancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-08.0N 150-41.4E at 160417Z febcancelled by this notice
- Derelict ten meter S/V idle vice, white hull, adrift vicinity 21-44S 160-58E at 161830Z feblater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 288/082008-02-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 291/082008-02-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 294/08 · this notice2008-02-16 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2008-02-16 09:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 1364/08 160821Z FEB 08.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -21.683, 161.133
- vessel
- S/V IDLE VICE · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. TEN METER S/V IDLE VICE, WHITE HULL, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, ABANDONING SHIP IN 21-41S 161-08E AT 160800Z FEB. 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. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 288/08(81) AND 291/08(81), SIGNALS CEASED.
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 · distress & casualty cases (archived)
12 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 121.5 and 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V yana in vicinity 24-04.20S 162-52.40E at…2023-11-18
- Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V yana in vicinity 23-59.60S 163-11.20E at…2023-11-18
- 45 meter M/V bikini, three persons on board, sinking in 23-18.13S 163-33.47E2022-11-11
- Man overboard from M/V pacific dawn in vicinity 20-39S 161-29E2018-04-12
- S/V tuatha de danann, one person on board, aground in 19-30S 163-14E2015-04-02
- Vessel dannan tuatha, taking on water due to collision in 19-30S 163-14E2015-04-02
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 2026-10-02 04:37Z; 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.