Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2015

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 2015
1,938
still in force
0
vs 2014
+5%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,210
  • HYDROLANT693
  • NAVAREA IV16
  • HYDROARC14
  • NAVAREA XII5

Where · top seas

North Pacific Ocean34024%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin24317%
South China Sea22316%
North Atlantic Ocean19414%
South Pacific Ocean836%
Indian Ocean715%
Philippine Sea705%
South Atlantic Ocean685%
Caribbean Sea554%
Gulf of Mexico544%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2015 · 1,938

  1. HYDROPAC 3093/152015-09-17 → 2015-09-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-40.2N 143-00.4E at 170516Z sep
    Western North Pacific · Mariana Islands
  2. HYDROLANT 2311/152015-09-17 → 2015-09-20
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-17N 013-40E at 170345Z sep
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  3. HYDROPAC 3088/152015-09-17 → 2015-09-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2928/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Strait of Malacca
  4. HYDROPAC 3086/152015-09-17 → 2015-09-20
    19 foot vessel, grey and orange hull, four persons on board, 21 foot vessel, light grey hull, seven persons…
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  5. HYDROPAC 3084/152015-09-17 → 2015-11-01
    Japan to oregon
    North Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 3083/152015-09-16 → 2015-11-01
    Five meter vessel krystella, two persons on board, unreported
    Western South Pacifc · New Zealand
  7. HYDROLANT 2308/152015-09-16 → 2015-09-27
    Man overboard reported in 42-59N 007-57E at 161912Z sep
    Western Mediterranean Sea
  8. HYDROPAC 3080/152015-09-16 → 2015-09-19
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 17-38.5N 083-56.3E
    India-east Coast · Bay of Bengal
  9. HYDROPAC 3078/152015-09-16 → 2015-09-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-57N 151-35E at 152046Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 3077/152015-09-16 → 2015-09-21
    F/V bv 97799 ts sank in 09-06N 106-54E at 152000Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  11. HYDROPAC 3070/152015-09-16 → 2015-10-15
    F/V bth 97853 ts disabled and adrift in 09-47N 107-48E at 141210Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  12. HYDROPAC 3065/152015-09-16 → 2015-09-17
    F/V kh 95446 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 07-30N 110-50E at…
    South China Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 3064/152015-09-16 → 2015-10-15
    F/V cm 99333 ts, six persons on board, unreported
    Gulf of Thailand · Thochu Island
  14. HYDROPAC 3060/152015-09-16 → 2015-09-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-13.7N 160-11.2E at 160534Z sep
    North Pacific
  15. HYDROPAC 3057/152015-09-15 → 2015-09-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-57N 151-35E at 152046Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  16. HYDROLANT 2293/152015-09-15 → 2015-11-08
    Virginia to azores
    North Atlantic
  17. HYDROPAC 3054/152015-09-15 → 2015-09-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3053/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific
  18. HYDROPAC 3053/152015-09-15 → 2015-09-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-09N 143-24E at 151252Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  19. HYDROLANT 2287/152015-09-15 → 2015-09-24
    43 foot S/V walk about I, blue hull, unreported canary islands (28-06.0N 015-24.0W) to dakar (14-41.6N…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Canary Islands To Senegal
  20. HYDROPAC 3045/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-14
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 141825Z sep in: a. 22-48-25N 117-18-14E
    Western North Pacific · Taiwan Strait
  21. HYDROPAC 3042/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-20
    Man overboard from F/V vicinity 11-11.23N 075-25.11E on 14 sep
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  22. HYDROPAC 3040/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-17
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 25-56.22S 047-44.22E
    Western Indian Ocean · Madagascar
  23. HYDROPAC 3039/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-17
    Derelict F/V DILIP-01 adrift and sinking in 06-44N 079-07E
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  24. HYDROPAC 3035/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-15
    F/V nd 2887 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to rudder damage in 18-26N 106-36E at 140830Z…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  25. HYDROLANT 2278/152015-09-14 → 2015-10-31
    10.3 meter S/V chaitane II, white hull, three persons on board, overdue saint jean de luz (43-23.0N…
    Bay of Biscay · France
  26. HYDROPAC 3030/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3004/15 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROPAC 3029/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-14
    Ten meter vessel, blue hull, one person on board, disabled and adrift between wollongong (34-25-59S…
    Australia-southeast Coast · Tasman Sea
  28. HYDROPAC 3028/152015-09-14 → 2015-09-20
    Distress signal received on 405 mhz in 07-30.9N 164-55.9E at 140028Z sep
    North Pacific
  29. HYDROPAC 3026/152015-09-13 → 2015-09-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-15.0N 090-10.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  30. HYDROPAC 3024/152015-09-13 → 2015-09-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3019/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 3022/152015-09-13 → 2015-09-15
    F/V bd 91052 ts, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 11-43N 110-52E at 130400Z…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  32. HYDROPAC 3019/152015-09-13 → 2015-09-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-12N 143-12E at 130600Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 3017/152015-09-13 → 2015-09-14
    F/V kh 94879 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 08-17N 112-38E at…
    South China Sea
  34. HYDROLANT 2268/152015-09-13 → 2015-09-17
    Man overboard from vessel in 10-04.65S 035-54.47W
    Brazil-east Coast
  35. HYDROPAC 3013/152015-09-13 → 2015-09-20
    S/V race for water capsized and adrift in 06-27S 073-57E at 121940Z sep
    Indian Ocean
  36. HYDROPAC 3012/152015-09-13 → 2015-09-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-16.7N 100-02.6W
    Eastern North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 3010/152015-09-12 → 2015-09-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-37.0N 140-36.5W at 112147Z sep
    Eastern North Pacific
  38. HYDROLANT 2261/152015-09-12 → 2015-10-31
    12 meter S/V jesy II, white hull, one person on board, unreported bahia blanca (38-43S 062-16W) to south…
    South Atlantic · Argentina To South Africa
  39. HYDROLANT 2260/152015-09-12 → 2015-10-31
    Canoe aram sane overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  40. HYDROPAC 3006/152015-09-12 → 2015-09-21
    Man overboard from F/V bd 40831-TS in 16-47N 108-24E at 111500Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 3005/152015-09-12 → 2015-09-20
    Man overboard from vessel vicinity 12-26S 085-13W
    Eastern South Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 2999/152015-09-11 → 2015-09-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 42-40N 157-00E at 110728Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 2998/152015-09-11 → 2015-09-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-37.9N 146-10.3E
    Western North Pacific
  44. HYDROPAC 2990/152015-09-11 → 2015-09-11
    Liferaft and flare sighted in 26-46.62S 113-21.96E at 110143Z sep
    Australia-west Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 2989/152015-09-11 → 2015-09-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-38.3N 139-04.0E at 110320Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 2988/152015-09-11 → 2015-09-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 13.3 meter S/V osprey, white hull, one person on board, vicinity…
    Australia-west Coast
  47. HYDROLANT 2243/152015-09-10 → 2015-09-20
    55 foot vessel, blue and white hull, 20 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-27N 075-23W
    Northern Caribbean Sea · Cuba-southeast Coast
  48. HYDROLANT 2241/152015-09-10 → 2015-09-13
    Vessel, 150 persons on board, requesting assistance in 35-49N 018-23E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Southern Ionian Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 2985/152015-09-10 → 2015-09-13
    Six meter F/V, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue from moroni (11-42S 043-16E)
    Western Indian Ocean · Northern Mozambique Channel · Comoros
  50. HYDROPAC 2981/152015-09-10 → 2015-09-11
    S/V honey cutter taking on water in 25-56.5N 154-15.0W at 092350Z sep
    Eastern North Pacific

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