Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2012

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 2012
1,481
still in force
0
vs 2011
+42%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,036
  • HYDROLANT416
  • NAVAREA XII14
  • HYDROARC8
  • NAVAREA IV7

Where · top seas

North Pacific Ocean29027%
South China Sea16015%
North Atlantic Ocean15815%
Indian Ocean12912%
South Pacific Ocean11010%
South Atlantic Ocean777%
Coral Sea444%
Caribbean Sea353%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin343%
Philippine Sea262%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2012 · 1,481

  1. HYDROPAC 2096/122012-07-23 → 2012-07-25
    27 foot S/V alexandra, one person on board, overdue vicinity 41-00S 173-00E
    New Zealand · Tasman Bay
  2. HYDROPAC 2087/122012-07-22 → 2012-07-23
    38 foot S/V espiritu santo, three persons on board, in need of assistance in 34-37.409N 125-05.012W
    Eastern North Pacific · California
  3. HYDROPAC 2085/122012-07-22 → 2012-07-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2082/12 and this msg, person rescued
    Western North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 2082/122012-07-22 → 2012-07-22
    F16 aircraft ditched in 46-34N 156-30E
    Western North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 2081/122012-07-22 → 2012-07-22
    F16 aircraft ditched in 46-07N 156-33W
    Eastern North Pacific
  6. HYDROLANT 1658/122012-07-21 → 2012-07-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity florida keys (24-45N 081-00W)
    Florida-south Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 2078/122012-07-21 → 2012-07-29
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue daugo island (09-31.1S 147-03.7E) to idiha…
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast · Gulf of Papua
  8. HYDROPAC 2077/122012-07-21 → 2012-07-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity channel islands (34-00.5N 119-25.0W)
    Eastern North Pacific · California
  9. HYDROPAC 2070/122012-07-20 → 2012-07-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-10.2N 119-52.0E at 202218Z jul
    South China Sea · Philippines
  10. HYDROPAC 2068/122012-07-20 → 2012-07-20
    Vessel, 150 persons on board, in need of assistance in 09-00S 105-00E
    Eastern Indian Ocean
  11. HYDROLANT 1641/122012-07-20 → 2012-07-22
    F/V talita, five persons on board, unreported vicinity 01-00S 043-00W
    Brazil-north Coast
  12. HYDROPAC 2062/122012-07-20 → 2012-07-28
    S/V nkhwazi, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken rudder in 50-44N 165-22W
    Eastern North Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 2060/122012-07-20 → 2012-08-02
    Vessel, 27 persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 06-14N 086-11E
    Northern Indian Ocean · Bay of Bengal
  14. HYDROLANT 1630/122012-07-19 → 2012-07-19
    Azores to france
    Eastern North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 1628/122012-07-19 → 2012-07-19
    Azores to france
    Eastern North Atlantic
  16. HYDROPAC 2050/122012-07-19 → 2012-07-28
    M/V neymar sank in 20-32S 071-18W
    Eastern South Pacific · Chile
  17. HYDROPAC 2045/122012-07-18 → 2012-07-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2035/12 and this msg, search suspended
    North Pacific
  18. HYDROPAC 2035/122012-07-18 → 2012-07-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-02.9N 155-53.2W at 180549Z jul
    North Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 2034/122012-07-18 → 2012-07-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter F/V, one person on board, in 19-55S 150-12E at 180514Z jul
    Australia-northeast Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 2031/122012-07-18 → 2012-07-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2010/12 and this msg, search suspended
    Bass Strait · Tasmania-north Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 2030/122012-07-17 → 2012-07-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2028/12 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 2028/122012-07-17 → 2012-07-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-20.2N 123-00.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  23. HYDROLANT 1611/122012-07-17 → 2012-07-17
    Distress signal received on 2187.5 khz from M/V chem vega, 21 persons on board, vicinity 47-11N 005-21W at…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Bay of Biscay
  24. HYDROLANT 1595/122012-07-16 → 2012-07-28
    Distress signal received in 38-23.8N 039-32.2W at 161629Z jul
    North Atlantic
  25. HYDROPAC 2017/122012-07-16 → 2012-08-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz by vessel wavepiercer II in 01-23.5N 103-58.7E
    Singapore Strait
  26. HYDROPAC 2015/122012-07-16 → 2012-07-16
    Eight meter S/V colleen, white hull, four persons on board, in need of assistance in 09-41.04S 128-42.49E at…
    Timor Sea
  27. HYDROLANT 1585/122012-07-16 → 2012-08-04
    Five meter vessel, beige hull, three persons on board, unreported from ravenna (44-25N 012-12E) at 150530Z jul
    Northern Adriatic Sea · Italy
  28. HYDROLANT 1584/122012-07-16 → 2012-07-28
    Man overboard vicinity 39-37N 009-58E at 150300Z jul
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Sardinia-east Coast
  29. HYDROPAC 2011/122012-07-16 → 2012-07-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2007/12 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  30. HYDROPAC 2010/122012-07-16 → 2012-07-18
    3.8 meter vessel, white and blue hull, one person on board, unreported from vicinity burnie (41-04S 145-53E)
    Bass Strait · Tasmania-north Coast
  31. HYDROPAC 2008/122012-07-16 → 2012-07-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1959/12 and this msg, search suspended
    Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Vitiaz Strait
  32. HYDROPAC 2007/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 44 foot S/V nebula, silver hull, two persons on board, in 13-38.64S…
    Australia-north Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  33. HYDROPAC 2006/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-45.6N 103-22.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  34. HYDROLANT 1581/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-28
    Man overboard in 27-38.1N 078-47.9W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  35. HYDROPAC 2005/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2003/12 and this msg, person rescued
    Eastern North Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 2003/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V geradine b aka bela bartok in 25-03.2N 151-27.9W at 150954Z jul
    Eastern North Pacific
  37. HYDROLANT 1577/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-15
    14 meter F/V fatima, white hull, seven persons on board, unreported
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  38. HYDROPAC 2001/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-15
    F/V suru putha, white hull, 50 persons on board, in need of assistance vicinity 09-15S 105-00E
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Christmas Island
  39. HYDROPAC 1998/122012-07-15 → 2012-07-21
    F/V qna 90136-TS, 26 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 15-50N 110-28E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  40. HYDROLANT 1568/122012-07-14 → 2012-07-15
    M/V msc flaminia on fire and numerous containers adrift in 48-13N 027-59W
    North Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 1566/122012-07-14 → 2012-07-14
    M/V msc flaminia, 23 persons on board, suffered an explosion and fire in 48-13N 027-59W
    North Atlantic
  42. HYDROPAC 1994/122012-07-14 → 2012-07-15
    Two F/V disabled and adrift vicinity sri lanka (07-00N 081-45E) to cocos islands (12-07S 096-54E)
    Eastern Indian Ocean
  43. HYDROPAC 1991/122012-07-13 → 2012-07-14
    Distress signal received from M/V eco vanguard in 32-40N 178-59W at 131931Z jul
    North Pacific
  44. HYDROLANT 1560/122012-07-13 → 2012-08-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz by 25 foot F/V rough and ready in 33-56.9N 076-42.6W at 131745Z jul
    Western North Atlantic
  45. HYDROPAC 1987/122012-07-13 → 2012-07-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 13 meter S/V freedom vicinity 12-38.9S 160-27.2E at 131227Z jul
    Coral Sea · Solomon Islands
  46. HYDROLANT 1550/122012-07-13 → 2012-08-18
    11 meter S/V bobcat, white hull, one person on board, unreported crotone (39-05N 017-07E) to primosten…
    Italy To Croatia
  47. HYDROLANT 1543/122012-07-12 → 2012-07-14
    Vessel draco, three persons on board, overdue fiskenaesset (63-05-20N 050-40-40W) to nuuk (64-10-30N…
    Davis Strait · Greenland-southwest Coast
  48. HYDROLANT 1540/122012-07-11 → 2012-07-18
    Distress signal received from vessel, 54 persons on board, vicinity 33-10.8N 014-20.4E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 1959/122012-07-11 → 2012-07-16
    Vessel, white hull with yellow stripe, three persons on board, overdue
    Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Vitiaz Strait
  50. HYDROLANT 1534/122012-07-11 → 2012-07-28
    Seven meter vessel, eight persons on board, overdue to leaf bay (58-42N 069-56W)
    Hudson Strait · Ungava Bay

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