S/V pops dream, two persons on board, lost steering in 23-18S 155-02E at 221415Z
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2977/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-10-23 05:13Z
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 6655/11 221438Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-22 15:02Z. 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 -23.300, 155.033. 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 406 mhz from 5.2 meter vessel, two persons on board, vicinity 12-29S 130-22E at…later 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 2977/11 · this notice2011-10-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2980/112011-10-23 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2011-10-22 15:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 6655/11 221438Z OCT 11.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -23.300, 155.033
- vessel
- S/V POPS DREAM
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRAILIA-EAST COAST. S/V POPS DREAM, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, LOST STEERING IN 23-18S 155-02E AT 221415Z. 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.
- 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)
120 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 23-49.80S 151-59.50E at 250209Z apr2024-04-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 24-20.07S 152-36.73E2024-01-13
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 25-50.60S 153-29.80E at 060150Z aug2023-08-06
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter M/V free will in vicinity 24-33.00S 152-39.13E at…2023-07-23
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-36.50S 156-50.40E at 100457Z jul2023-07-10
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from four meter vessel in 24-46.73S 152-47.73E at 100245Z jul2023-07-10
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 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) →
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