Four persons overboard in vicinity 02-38S 147-23E at 212300Z sep
Bismarck Sea · HYDROPAC 3484/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-09-24 08:20Z
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 6230/18 240110Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-24 01:42Z. 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
- Bismarck Sea. The parsed report position is -2.633, 147.383. 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
- 23 foot vessel, white hull, six persons on board, overdue bagabag island (04-48S 146-16E) to manus island…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3484/18 and this msg, search suspendedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2018-09-24 01:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 6230/18 240110Z SEP 18.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Bismarck Sea
- position
- -2.633, 147.383
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. BISMARCK SEA. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DNC 05. 1. FOUR PERSONS OVERBOARD IN VICINITY 02-38S 147-23E AT 212300Z SEP. 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. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3434/18.
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.
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
6 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.
- Two persons adrift on desbris in vicinity of trackline joining 05-25.00S 147-10.00E, 05-20.00S 147-35.00E2022-09-24
- Six persons overboard in vicinity of trackline joining madang (05-12.6S 145-47.2E) to karkar island (04-44S…2022-01-21
- 23 foot vessel requesting assistance along trackline joining 05-17.7S 145-46.8E, 05-00.0S 146-00.0E2019-03-02
- Three persons overboard from vessel in vicinity between cape gourdon (04-23.07S 145-19.60E) and sarang…2018-06-13
- Nga chart 82005 (5TH ed)2008-12-17
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:05Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.