Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 1998

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.

issued in 1998
13
still in force
0
vs 1997
+550%
first · last
02-03 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC11
  • HYDROLANT2

Where · top seas

South China Sea330%
North Atlantic Ocean220%
North Pacific Ocean110%
Laccadive Sea110%
Celebes Sea110%
Red Sea110%
South Pacific Ocean110%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 1998 · 13

  1. HYDROPAC 1029/981998-12-31 → 1999-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 07-30N 151-40E
  2. HYDROLANT 2475/981998-12-28 → 1999-02-12
    12 meter S/V hakuna matata, three person on board, with rudder damaged vicinity 45-40.1N 007-17.3W at…
  3. HYDROPAC 1012/981998-12-25 → 1999-02-05
    Distress signal received on inmarsat-c from M/V safer in vicinity 15-07N 042-36E
  4. HYDROPAC 1010/981998-12-24 → 1999-01-24
    F/V kwok tai ming, green hull, overdue since 19 dec hong kong to tarawa via mindoro
  5. HYDROPAC 999/981998-12-21 → 1999-01-02
    25 meter vessel capsized and adrift in 02-40N 121-40E at 210010Z dec
  6. HYDROPAC 976/981998-12-15 → 1999-01-23
    Man overboard from M/V gihock in vicinity 10-25.2N 110-37.5E at 150030Z dec
  7. HYDROPAC 973/981998-12-14 → 1999-01-29
    Distress beacon activated by M/V gulf fleet 103, call sign YJQF9, in 34.6S 022.4E
  8. HYDROLANT 2247/981998-11-25 → 1999-01-08
    13 meter M/V harlequin, white hull, four persons on board, has lost rudder vicinity 21-43N 019-09W at…
  9. HYDROPAC 906/981998-11-25 → 1999-01-08
    Man overboard from S/V calypso in vicinity 10-04.1N 109-58.9E at 231700Z nov
  10. HYDROPAC 894/981998-11-21 → 1999-01-08
    M/V cheung son overdue from 22-20N 118-49E at 160000Z nov
  11. HYDROPAC 880/981998-11-13 → 1999-01-01
    9 meter F/V hargo, green hull, three persons on board, unreported
  12. HYDROPAC 559/981998-07-23 → 1999-03-13
    4 meter speedboat, white hull, seven persons on board, unreported makemo to nihiru
  13. HYDROPAC 73/981998-02-03 → 1999-03-13
    Man overboard reported from vessel vicinity 22-00S 175-00W at 031029Z feb

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