Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 09-52S 143-28E at 070143Z may
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 791/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-05-07 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 2903/03 POR EGC#2984 070212Z MAY 03. Issued 2003-05-07 03:10Z. 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 -9.867, 143.467. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 791/03, false alertlater 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 641/032003-04-10 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 791/03 · this notice2003-05-07 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2003-05-07 03:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 2903/03 POR EGC#2984 070212Z MAY 03
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -9.867, 143.467
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 AND 243.0 MHZ VICINITY 09-52S 143-28E AT 070143Z MAY. 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
- 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.
- 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)
300 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.
- Five persons overboard from vesssel, capsized and adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 09-16.00S…2024-05-04
- Capsized vessel, three persons on board, adrift in 09-34.98S 144-06.12E at 021040Z may2024-05-02
- Capsized vessel, three persons on board, adrift in 09-35.52S 144-06.95E at 020756Z may2024-05-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-33.40S 144-07.20E at 020531Z may2024-05-02
- Seven meter vessel, 12 persons on board, requesting assistance in 09-26.58S 143-07.11E at 070455Z jan2024-01-07
- 22 meter M/V kalinda, 17 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 11-43.20S 143-57.80E at 262318Z oct2023-10-27
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 2026-10-02 00:06Z; 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.