Vessel madmax, two persons on board, aground in 11-27S 154-24E
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 578/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-03-31 09:20Z
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) · AUSSAR 2074/03 POR EGC#3446 301810Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-30 19:00Z. 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 -11.450, 154.400. 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
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift vicinity 29-16.5N 049-12.0E at 300630Z marlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2003-03-30 19:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 2074/03 POR EGC#3446 301810Z MAR 03
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -11.450, 154.400
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
VESSEL MADMAX, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, AGROUND IN 11-27S 154-24E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
34 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.
- M/V alotau, 37 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to rudder damage in vicinity 10-33.38S 151-54.09E…2023-06-01
- Canoe, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift between misima island (10-37.54S 152-31.37E) and panaeati…2023-05-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lu rong yuan yu 888 in 12-37.70S 152-55.70E at 020816Z may2023-05-02
- Seven meter vessel, ten persons on board, capsized and adrift between woodlark island (09-10.30S 152-55.70E)…2023-03-03
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lu rong yuan yu 788 in vicinity 13-09.60S 152-55.80E at 071521Z…2023-02-07
- Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, seven persons on board, overdue alotau (10-18.36S…2023-01-03
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 2026-10-01 23:00Z; 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) →
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