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 2235/152015-07-05 → 2015-07-06
    F/V bd 96776 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and aground in 10-06.3N 106-54.3E at 051430Z jul
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  2. HYDROLANT 1641/152015-07-05 → 2015-07-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-51N 056-04W at 051421Z jul
    Western North Atlantic
  3. HYDROLANT 1640/152015-07-05 → 2015-07-11
    Distress signal received from vessel, 130 persons on board, in 33-31N 012-00E at 051529Z jul
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  4. HYDROLANT 1639/152015-07-05 → 2015-07-05
    Distress signal received from vessel, 130 persons on board, in 33-28N 012-00E at 051430Z jul
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  5. HYDROPAC 2234/152015-07-05 → 2015-07-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-03.9N 166-55.8E at 050802Z jul
    North Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 2233/152015-07-05 → 2015-07-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-00N 161-49E at 050800Z jul
    North Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 2228/152015-07-05 → 2015-07-09
    Vessel hai truong 36, 13 persons on board, aground in 10-29.75N 107-50.63E at 041900Z jul
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 2227/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-05
    F/V 90653TS, seven persons on board, sunk in 20-01N 106-33E at 041330Z jul
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 2226/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-11
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 17-00N 072-00E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 2225/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2054/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific · Palau
  11. HYDROPAC 2224/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-11
    Distress signal received vicinity 18-13N 071-51E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  12. HYDROLANT 1633/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-18
    27 foot S/V gandolf, two persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 28-18N 077-57W
    Western North Atlantic
  13. HYDROPAC 2222/152015-07-04 → 2015-07-07
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific
  14. HYDROLANT 1631/152015-07-03 → 2015-08-09
    96 foot M/V sans souchi V, white hull, unreported houston (29-45.8N 095-23.0W) to miami (25-46.5N 080-12.5W)
    Gulf of Mexico · Strait of Florida · Texas To Florida
  15. HYDROPAC 2217/152015-07-03 → 2015-07-06
    Derelict S/V capsized and adrift vicinity 27-51.7S 063-01.6E on 05 jun
    Western Indian Ocean
  16. HYDROPAC 2213/152015-07-03 → 2015-07-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 06-29.2N 090-00.4W
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 2211/152015-07-03 → 2015-07-03
    14 foot vessel, three persons on board, overdue
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand · North Island-east Coast
  18. HYDROLANT 1619/152015-07-03 → 2015-07-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 41-43.6N 065-22.9W
    Western North Atlantic
  19. HYDROLANT 1618/152015-07-03 → 2015-07-03
    Cancel HYDROLANT 1613/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Canada-northeast Coast · Hudson Strait · Foxe Basin
  20. HYDROPAC 2204/152015-07-02 → 2015-07-10
    Vessel capsized and adrift, two persons on board, vicinity 00-55S 131-10E
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  21. HYDROLANT 1615/152015-07-02 → 2015-07-04
    M/V eclipse II reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 33-09.30S 052-29.88W at 020405Z jul
    Brazil-south Coast
  22. HYDROLANT 1613/152015-07-02 → 2015-07-03
    22 foot canoe, white hull with blue stripe, three persons on board, overdue salluit (62-12N 075-39W) to…
    Canada-northeast Coast · Hudson Strait · Foxe Basin
  23. HYDROPAC 2198/152015-07-01 → 2015-07-06
    Nine meter M/V wings, four persons on board, unreported papeete (17-32-06S 149-34-11W) to fakarava…
    South Pacific · Tahiti To Fakarava
  24. HYDROPAC 2197/152015-07-01 → 2015-07-01
    Nine meter vessel wings, four persons on board, unreported
    South Pacific · Iles de la Societe
  25. HYDROPAC 2196/152015-07-01 → 2015-07-11
    Hawaii to washington
    Eastern North Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 2188/152015-07-01 → 2015-07-01
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2181/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  27. HYDROPAC 2181/152015-06-30 → 2015-07-01
    Seven meter M/V, six persons on board, disabled and adrift between lihir island (03-10.0S 152-36.0E) and…
    Western North Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  28. HYDROLANT 1595/152015-06-29 → 2015-07-04
    27 foot S/V gandalf, two persons on board, unreported port st
    Western North Atlantic · Florida To Bahamas
  29. HYDROPAC 2176/152015-06-29 → 2015-07-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-46.5N 113-12.4E at 291404Z jun
    South China Sea
  30. HYDROLANT 1594/152015-06-29 → 2015-07-06
    Eastern north atlantic DNC 08, DNC 19
  31. HYDROPAC 2174/152015-06-29 → 2015-07-02
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift vicinity 07-18.7N 102-19.2E on 29 jun
    Gulf of Thailand
  32. HYDROPAC 2173/152015-06-29 → 2015-06-29
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2171/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 2171/152015-06-29 → 2015-06-29
    Distress signal received from F/V ju long jai ya 3 in 41-03-27N 152-00-08E at 290607Z jun
    Western North Pacific
  34. HYDROLANT 1590/152015-06-29 → 2015-07-06
    Possible distress received from platform in 26-00.00N 092-12.58W at 290345Z jun
    Gulf of Mexico
  35. HYDROARC 152/152015-06-28 → 2015-06-29
    M/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue kullorsuaq (74-34-45N 057-13-05W) and return
    Greenland-west Coast · Baffin Bay
  36. HYDROLANT 1587/152015-06-28 → 2015-07-06
    Distress signal received from multiple vessels within 50 miles of 33-53N 012-36E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  37. HYDROLANT 1579/152015-06-27 → 2015-06-28
    Distress signal received from M/V tanja jacob in 28-02N 048-42W at 270810Z jun
    Western North Atlantic
  38. HYDROPAC 2160/152015-06-27 → 2015-06-28
    Distress signal received from F/V lu ru yuan yu vicinity 32-43.74S 082-58.86E at 272240Z jun
    Southern Indian Ocean
  39. HYDROPAC 2159/152015-06-27 → 2015-06-28
    Distress signal received vicinity 21-17-03N 144-40-20E at 271807Z jun
    Western North Pacific
  40. HYDROLANT 1578/152015-06-27 → 2015-07-06
    Distress signal received from vessel, white hull, 100 persons on board, vicinity 33-12N 012-00E at 271302Z jun
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  41. HYDROPAC 2158/152015-06-27 → 2015-07-02
    F/V LAKSHAN-03, three persons on board, unreported
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  42. HYDROPAC 2154/152015-06-27 → 2015-06-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2022/15, search suspended
    Strait of Malacca
  43. HYDROPAC 2153/152015-06-27 → 2015-07-06
    F/V bd 97173 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 11-56N 112-08E at…
    South China Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 2152/152015-06-27 → 2015-06-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2150/15 and this msg, persons rescued
    Australia-west Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 2150/152015-06-27 → 2015-06-27
    40 foot vessel seafox II, one person on board, taking on water vicinity 26-48S 113-34E
    Australia-west Coast
  46. HYDROLANT 1575/152015-06-27 → 2015-07-06
    36 foot F/V lead dog, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 29-12.24N 087-00.0W at 270612Z jun
    Gulf of Mexico
  47. HYDROPAC 2141/152015-06-26 → 2015-07-06
    Distress signal received from M/V tanto bersama vicinity 01-00N 103-00E at 260022Z jun
    Strait of Malacca
  48. HYDROPAC 2134/152015-06-26 → 2015-06-26
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2068/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Coral Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 2132/152015-06-26 → 2015-07-06
    11 meter F/V marie laure, blue hull, four persons on board, overdue
    Western Indian Ocean
  50. HYDROPAC 2122/152015-06-25 → 2015-06-26
    42 foot S/V test of time, white hull, overdue to midway atoll (28-12N 177-21W)
    North Pacific

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