M/V stella reports crewman requiring medical assistance in vicinity of cape croker (10-58.03S 132-34.83E)
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 3111/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-11-04 16:34Z
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) · JRCC AUSTRALIA 7435/22 041317Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-04 13:38Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -10.967, 132.581. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3111/22 and this msg, assistance receivedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-11-04 13:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 7435/22 041317Z NOV 22.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -10.967, 132.581
- vessel
- M/V STELLA · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. AUSTRALIA. DNC 05. M/V STELLA REPORTS CREWMAN REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN VICINITY OF CAPE CROKER (10-58.03S 132-34.83E). VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- 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 2000 · 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 vicinity 12-04.47S 130-41.07E at 110832Z apr2024-04-11
- Distress signal received from six meter M/V on 406 mhz in vicinity 12-04.50S 131-18.70E at 232305Z feb2024-02-24
- Distress signal received from vessel koan in 08-19.74S 131-31.98E at 141725Z feb2024-02-15
- Distress signal received from F/V angelina c in 11-36.13S 134-02.53E at 040846Z jan2024-01-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel in 12-09.60S 131-14.50E at 200533Z nov2023-11-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from six meter vessel bad habits in 11-50.07S 130-07.13E at 200406Z oct2023-10-20
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 07:40Z; 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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