Incidents · overdue

18 meter vessel, white hull, one person on board, unreported gabo island (37-33.78S 149-54.66E) to deal…

Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 3887/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-01-15 15:05Z

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 8331/20 310650Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-31 07:44Z. 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
Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -38.529, 148.619. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bass Strait →

issued
2020-12-31 07:44Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC AUSTRALIA 8331/20 310650Z DEC 20.
issued by
JRCC AUSTRALIA
sea
Bass Strait
position
-38.529, 148.619
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BASS STRAIT.
AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST.
DNC 05.
18 METER VESSEL, WHITE HULL, ONE PERSON ON BOARD,
UNREPORTED GABO ISLAND (37-33.78S 149-54.66E) TO
DEAL ISLAND (39-29.70S 147-19.60E) ON 26 DEC.
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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

87 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:35Z; 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.