sar
M/V bikini bottom, four persons on board, sinking in 40-06S 144-08E at 031520Z feb
Bass Strait · Tasmania · HYDROPAC 305/16
- issued
- 2016-02-03 15:38Z
- status
- cancelled 2016-02-03 18:12Z (archive)
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 779/16 031520Z FEB 16.
- sea
- Great Australian Bight
- position
- -40.100, 144.133
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BASS STRAIT. TASMANIA. DNC 05. M/V BIKINI BOTTOM, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, SINKING IN 40-06S 144-08E AT 031520Z FEB. PERSONS ENTERING LIFERAFT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: [email protected].
This area · sar warnings
0 within 180 nm since — · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
Timeline
- Cancel HYDROPAC 305/16 and this msg, vessel assistedcancelled by · 2016-02-03
Nearby now · within 120 nm
- 8 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.5NM of position 39-51.73S 145-22.30ENav aids · 58.7 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 60.4 nm
- Great australian bightCable ops · 60.4 nm
- 8 X 6M yellow buoys FL3 deployed within 1.5NM 39-50.14 s 145-48.24 e 2.5NM clearance requestedOther · 78.5 nm
- Drill rig transocean equinox / V7A7397 / 538010767 in position 38-46.20S 142-48.80E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 100.6 nm
- 12 six meter buoys, yellow, fl w 3 sec, established in area within two miles of 38-46.00S 142-48.80ENav aids · 100.8 nm
- Six meter buoy, yellow, established in 38-47.62S 142-37.77ENav aids · 104.9 nm
- 1 X 6M yellow surface buoy established in position 38-47.62S 142-37.77E 2.5NM clearance requestedNav aids · 104.9 nm
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