Derelict 17 meter M/V sinking in 32-59S 152-20E at 170715Z apr
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 708/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-04-24 00:00Z
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) · RCC AUSTRALIA POR EGC #64909 170739Z APR 02; RCC AUSTRALIA POR EGC #64910 170805Z APR 02. Issued 2002-04-17 08:40Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -32.983, 152.333. 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
- issued
- 2002-04-17 08:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC AUSTRALIA POR EGC #64909 170739Z APR 02; RCC AUSTRALIA POR EGC #64910 170805Z APR 02
- issued by
- RCC AUSTRALIA POR EGC
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -32.983, 152.333
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 17 METER M/V SINKING IN 32-59S 152-20E AT 170715Z APR. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 609/02, OPERATIONS SUSPENDED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 APR.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
116 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.
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- Man overboard from vessel in vicinity of trackline joining 33-05.00S 151-40.00E, 33-06.00S 152-21.00E2023-06-15
- Derelict nine meter yacht, white hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 34-25.98S 150-58.99E at 020550Z jul2022-07-02
- Derelict seven meter catamaran capsized and adrift in 34-02.64S 151-39.69E at 100310Z apr2022-04-10
- Derelict eight meter vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 34-53.4S 151-51.8E at 070430Z apr2022-04-07
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel, one person onboard, in 33-58.93S 151-21.27E at 092159Z jan2022-01-09
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 19:13Z; 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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