12 meter S/V taking on water in 36-47S 131-44E at 200846Z nov
Great Australian Bight · HYDROPAC 3277/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-11-20 16:27Z
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 7545/12 200933Z NOV 12.. Issued 2012-11-20 10:14Z. 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
- Great Australian Bight. The parsed report position is -36.783, 131.733. 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
- 12 meter S/V, four persons on board, taking on water in area between 36-26S 36-48S and 131-42E 133-26E 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 3277/12 · this notice2012-11-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3279/122012-11-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Great Australian Bight →
- issued
- 2012-11-20 10:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 7545/12 200933Z NOV 12.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Great Australian Bight
- position
- -36.783, 131.733
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-SOUTH COAST. 12 METER S/V TAKING ON WATER IN 36-47S 131-44E AT 200846Z NOV. 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
- 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)
8 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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 from S/V waterline in 35-56.67S 129-32.53E at 070659Z jul2023-07-07
- Ten meter S/V kay lee, one person on board, overdue from esperance (33-51-40S 121-53-31E) to port phillip…2019-01-06
- 14 meter vessel lady marlen, white hull, one person on board, overdue albany (35-02S 117-53E) to bruny…2013-03-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 35-06S 129-32E at 190415Z sep2011-09-19
- 11.3 meter S/V capsized and adrift in 35-10.73S 132-05.46E at 060253Z jan2011-01-06
- 60 foot F/V rhylan, white hull, three persons on board, unreported2005-11-22
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 2026-10-03 13:11Z; 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.