4.5 meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue within 20 miles of 18-00.3S 122-12.3E and return
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3197/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-11-13 05:46Z
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 7237/11 121714Z NOV 11.. Issued 2011-11-12 18:52Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -18.005, 122.205 with a 20.0 nm radius. 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
- F/V dna 37011-TS, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 16-24N 108-13E 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 3197/11 · this notice2011-11-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3199/112011-11-13 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2011-11-12 18:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 7237/11 121714Z NOV 11.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -18.005, 122.205 · r 20.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. 4.5 METER VESSEL, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, OVERDUE WITHIN 20 MILES OF 18-00.3S 122-12.3E 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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)
23 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.
- Nine persons missing from vessel in vicinity 17-16.60S 119-21.70E2023-04-18
- 46 foot M/V miss macle, white and blue hull, two persons on board, unreported port hedland (20-17.5S…2021-10-05
- Distress signal received from 6.1 meter vessel, blue hull, on 406 mhz in vicinity 17-19.9S 121-44.7E at…2020-11-22
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from eight meter M/V constellation, five persons on board, in vicinity…2020-08-16
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 17-56.7S 122-03.3E at 210522Z oct2019-10-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel red october, three persons on board, in vicinity…2019-07-14
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 10:37Z; 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.