Man overboard from F/V albatross vicinity 38-56S 146-34E at 201518Z may
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 773/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-05-22 08:05Z
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) · RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR 3666/01 POR 201548Z MAY 01. Issued 2001-05-20 16:31Z. 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 -38.933, 146.567. 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
- F/V, two persons on board, overdue north of kavieng (02-35S 150-50E) to emirau island (01-40S 150-00E)later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 773/01 · this notice2001-05-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 783/012001-05-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 791/012001-05-24 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2001-05-20 16:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR 3666/01 POR 201548Z MAY 01
- issued by
- RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -38.933, 146.567
- vessel
- F/V ALBATROSS · 8 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM F/V ALBATROSS VICINITY 38-56S 146-34E AT 201518Z MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
88 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 40-37.93S 147-54.00E at 120150Z apr2024-04-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-14.10S 147-46.00E at 301229Z oct2023-10-30
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 38-33.20S 145-19.10E at 280713Z oct2023-10-28
- 15 meter S/V, three persons on board, on fire and sinking in 38-55.87S 146-31.00E at 230234Z oct2023-10-23
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from nine meter S/V la balsa in 39-04.73S 146-10.07E at 210442Z mar2023-03-21
- Eight meter M/V larus, two persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 39-10.00S 146-16.40E at…2023-03-20
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
- Special purpose vessel samson explorer / VNW5773 / 503096000 conducting underwater operations in an area…Surveys · 64.3 nm
- Drill rig valaris 107/A8GS5 in position 38-17.79S 147-40.57E 2.5 nm clearance requestedSurveys · 64.6 nm
- 8 virtual AIS navigation marks in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E inoperativeOther · 95 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:52Z; 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.