Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 60 foot F/V mbc, three persons on board, vicinity 22-16S 152-38E at…
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 492/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-03-10 12:33Z
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 1749/09 090040Z MAR 09.. Issued 2009-03-09 02:10Z. 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 -22.267, 152.633. 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
- Two persons missing from F/V mbc vicinity 21-59S 152-57E at 100200Z marlater 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 492/09 · this notice2009-03-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 502/092009-03-10 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 503/092009-03-10 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2009-03-09 02:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 1749/09 090040Z MAR 09.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -22.267, 152.633
- vessel
- F/V MBC · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM 60 FOOT F/V MBC, THREE PERSONS ON BOARD, VICINITY 22-16S 152-38E AT 082344Z MAR. 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
- 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)
219 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 23-49.80S 151-59.50E at 250209Z apr2024-04-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 24-20.07S 152-36.73E2024-01-13
- Derelict four meter vessel capsized and adrift in 23-19.00S 151-12.00E at 210346Z oct 2. cancel this msg…2023-10-21
- S/V mistral, four persons on board, taking on water in 20-15.73S 150-16.07E at 260555Z jul2023-07-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter M/V free will in vicinity 24-33.00S 152-39.13E at…2023-07-23
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from four meter vessel in 24-46.73S 152-47.73E at 100245Z jul2023-07-10
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
- RACON at north reef light 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliableNav aids · 68.4 nm
- North reef RACON alrs vol 2 number K3014 in position 23-11.10S 151-54.18E unreliableNav aids · 68.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 15:15Z; 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.