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 4155/152015-12-21 → 2015-12-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-27N 131-37E at 211919Z dec
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  2. HYDROLANT 3148/152015-12-21 → 2015-12-23
    Vessel, 125 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-59N 012-58E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  3. HYDROPAC 4150/152015-12-21 → 2015-12-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-22N 152-22E at 210549Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 4147/152015-12-21 → 2015-12-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 31-36-02N 121-34-14E at 210416Z dec
    East China Sea · China
  5. HYDROPAC 4145/152015-12-20 → 2016-01-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-10.0N 112-06.8E at 201841Z dec
    South China Sea
  6. HYDROLANT 3142/152015-12-20 → 2015-12-27
    21 meter tug holly g, black hull, five persons on board, unreported
    Eastern Caribbean Sea
  7. HYDROLANT 3139/152015-12-20 → 2015-12-23
    Vessel, 300 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-20N 013-39E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  8. HYDROPAC 4143/152015-12-20 → 2015-12-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-41.06N 134-11.36E at 200601Z dec
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  9. HYDROPAC 4142/152015-12-20 → 2015-12-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 33-31.44S 177-18.66E
    Western South Pacific
  10. HYDROLANT 3138/152015-12-19 → 2015-12-19
    Cancel HYDROLANT 3136/15 and this msg, search suspended
    North Atlantic
  11. HYDROPAC 4140/152015-12-19 → 2015-12-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-08.2N 131-35.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 4138/152015-12-19 → 2015-12-24
    M/V pataya III, 24 persons on board, unreported padang (00-57.0S 100-21.2E) to palembang (02-19.8S 104-46.6E)
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Indonesia · Java Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 4137/152015-12-19 → 2015-12-24
    M/V samjua, six persons on board, requesting assistance due to engine trouble in 05-41-48S 110-20-27E
    Indonesia · Java Sea
  14. HYDROLANT 3136/152015-12-19 → 2015-12-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 45-33.1N 030-45.5W at 190926Z dec
    North Atlantic
  15. HYDROPAC 4130/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel, two persons on board, vicinity 10-02S 142-58E at 182243Z dec
    Torres Strait
  16. HYDROLANT 3134/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 45-41N 031-17W
    North Atlantic
  17. HYDROLANT 3132/152015-12-18 → 2016-01-31
    38 foot S/V roamer, one person on board, overdue terceira (38-43N 027-14W) to canary islands (28-06N 015-24W)
    Eastern North Atlantic · Azores To Canary Islands
  18. HYDROPAC 4120/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-21
    F/V kh 95338TS, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 04-50N 110-45E
    South China Sea
  19. HYDROPAC 4119/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-27
    Vessel capsized and adrift vicinity 12-25S 044-48E on 15 dec
    Northern Mozambique Channel · Comoros
  20. HYDROPAC 4118/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-25
    M/V thoro cloud sank in 01-12-23N 103-54-20E
    Singapore Strait
  21. HYDROPAC 4117/152015-12-18 → 2015-12-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4037/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Indonesia · Java Sea
  22. HYDROLANT 3120/152015-12-17 → 2015-12-21
    F/V anjo do mar sunk in 32-42.05S 052-21.00W on 17 dec
    Brazil-south Coast
  23. HYDROPAC 4112/152015-12-17 → 2015-12-17
    F/V bd 97456 ts, 13 persons on board, flooding in 11-35N 109-20E at 171230Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  24. HYDROPAC 4111/152015-12-17 → 2015-12-27
    F/V kg 93250 ts sunk in 06-40N 105-05E at 170715Z dec
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROLANT 3115/152015-12-16 → 2015-12-16
    Cancel HYDROLANT 3099/15 and this msg, persons rescued
    Caribbean Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 4094/152015-12-16 → 2015-12-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4090/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  27. HYDROPAC 4093/152015-12-15 → 2015-12-20
    Man overboard from M/V darya maan in 09-43N 075-57E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  28. HYDROPAC 4091/152015-12-15 → 2015-12-20
    M/V fortune life sank in 17-14N 118-01E on 27 nov
    South China Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 4090/152015-12-15 → 2015-12-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 07-00N 151-00E at 150930Z dec
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  30. HYDROPAC 4089/152015-12-15 → 2015-12-27
    Man overboard from M/V hanjin ningbo in 04-30N 105-39E at 150830Z dec 15
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  31. HYDROLANT 3104/152015-12-15 → 2015-12-20
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-04N 013-47E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  32. HYDROLANT 3103/152015-12-15 → 2015-12-20
    Vessel, 350 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-09N 013-54E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  33. HYDROPAC 4082/152015-12-15 → 2015-12-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4031/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Australia-east Coast · Coral Sea
  34. HYDROLANT 3099/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-16
    M/V spence, four persons on board, disabled, adrift and taking on water in 12-19N 075-37W
    Caribbean Sea
  35. HYDROPAC 4080/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4076/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 4079/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-59.2N 115-38.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 4078/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-18
    M/V klm arif sosial, five persons on board, sinking in 03-10S 109-35E
    Indonesia · Java Sea
  38. HYDROPAC 4076/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-12N 146-31E at 141253Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  39. HYDROLANT 3092/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-20
    Distress signal received from vessel bee master, 12 persons on board, in 33-35.9N 031-18.2E at 140723Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 4071/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4070/15 and this msg, vessels located safe
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  41. HYDROLANT 3090/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-20
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-51N 014-20E at 140510Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  42. HYDROPAC 4070/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-14
    Two, five meter vessels, yellow and blue hull, black and white hull, two persons on board each, overdue…
    Australia-northeast Coast · Coral Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 4069/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-14
    Two, five meter vessels, yellow and blue hull, black and white hull, two persons on board each, overdue…
    Australia-north Coast · Torres Strait · Gulf of Carpentaria
  44. HYDROLANT 3088/152015-12-14 → 2015-12-20
    Vessel, white hull, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-11N 012-24E at 132253Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  45. NAVAREA IV 1033/152015-12-13 → 2015-12-16
    Derelict eight meter vessel capsized and adrift in 36-34.6N 064-16.0W at 121418Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  46. HYDROPAC 4061/152015-12-13 → 2015-12-13
    M/V artha samudera, green hull, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in…
    Indonesia · Banda Sea
  47. HYDROLANT 3082/152015-12-12 → 2015-12-13
    Distress signal received from vessel bee master, seven persons on board, in 33-34N 031-43E at 122031Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 4057/152015-12-12 → 2015-12-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-22.4N 135-10.4E at 121828Z dec
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 4056/152015-12-12 → 2015-12-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-34.3N 138-20.9E at 121828Z dec
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 4055/152015-12-12 → 2015-12-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-05.5N 157-22.5E at 122020Z dec
    Western North Pacific

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