Distress signal received on 406 mhz from eight meter M/V outbound, four persons on board, vicinity 20-35.93S…
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 3240/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-11-17 14:57Z
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 6449/16 221322Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-22 13:47Z. 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 -20.599, 150.060. 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 3236/16, 3239/16, 3240/16, 3242/16, 3248/16later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 2998/162016-10-01 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3240/16 · this notice2016-10-22 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2016-10-22 13:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 6449/16 221322Z OCT 16.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -20.599, 150.060
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CORAL SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTHEAST COAST. DNC 05. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM EIGHT METER M/V OUTBOUND, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, VICINITY 20-35.93S 150-03.60E AT 221312Z OCT. 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: 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.
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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)
235 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 18-58.60S 147-43.20E at 070339Z apr2024-04-07
- Distress signal received from 4.2 meter vessel in 20-45.07S 149-04.60E at 310516Z jan2024-01-31
- Derelict four meter vessel capsized and adrift in 23-19.00S 151-12.00E at 210346Z oct 2. cancel this msg…2023-10-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from nine meter F/V the mistress in vicinity 20-11.60S 148-59.93E at…2023-09-21
- Helicopter, four persons on board, ditched in 20-24.48S 148-56.46E at 281250Z jul2023-07-28
- S/V mistral, four persons on board, taking on water in 20-15.73S 150-16.07E at 260555Z jul2023-07-26
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
- Creal reef RACON alrs vol 2 K3052 in position 20-31.87S 150-22.68E inoperativeNav aids · 18.3 nm
- Little bugatti reef light K3053 in position 20-01.23S 150-15.37E unreliableNav aids · 36.4 nm
- Ferris shoal AIS aid to navigation mmsi 995036163 in position 19-51.20S 150-20.20E unreliableWrecks · 47.4 nm
- Marilyn shoal AIS aid to navigation mmsi 995036164 in position 19-48.51S 150-22.80E unreliableWrecks · 50.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:22Z; 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.