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. HYDROLANT 660/152015-03-18 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signals received from vessels: a. 85 persons on board, in 33-13N 012-08E at 180857Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  2. HYDROPAC 943/152015-03-18 → 2015-03-22
    Man overboard from M/V sumber bahari 2 vicinity 02-32.21S 095-44.10E at 131600Z mar
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  3. HYDROLANT 655/152015-03-17 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz from aircraft in 39-10N 072-18W
    Western North Atlantic · New Jersey
  4. HYDROPAC 941/152015-03-17 → 2015-04-02
    Two persons missing from F/V three star vicinity 14-14N 085-35E
    Bay of Bengal
  5. HYDROPAC 937/152015-03-17 → 2015-03-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 896/15 and this msg, persons rescued
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  6. HYDROPAC 931/152015-03-17 → 2015-04-02
    Man overboard vicinity 12-55S 047-40E on 15 mar
    Northern Mozambique Channel · Madagascar-northwest Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 930/152015-03-17 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 170112Z mar in: a. 28-19-33N 122-35-59E
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea
  8. HYDROPAC 928/152015-03-16 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-14.4S 146-25.4W at 162100Z mar
    South Pacific
  9. HYDROLANT 642/152015-03-16 → 2015-04-02
    F/V medina, four persons on board, taking on water in 34-02N 012-58E at 162100Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 926/152015-03-16 → 2015-04-02
    M/V sea cat, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-58S 042-18E at 161730Z mar
    Western Indian Ocean · Mozambique Island
  11. HYDROPAC 923/152015-03-16 → 2015-03-16
    Distress signal received vicinity 10-52S 042-25E at 161612Z mar
    Western Indian Ocean
  12. HYDROPAC 916/152015-03-16 → 2015-03-20
    F/V THISSA-02, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 04-00N 077-00E at 161002Z…
    Western Indian Ocean
  13. HYDROPAC 914/152015-03-16 → 2015-03-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 883/15, search suspended
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  14. HYDROPAC 912/152015-03-15 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-21.0N 137-25.6W
    Eastern North Pacific
  15. HYDROLANT 633/152015-03-15 → 2015-03-15
    Cancel HYDROLANT 581/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  16. HYDROPAC 909/152015-03-15 → 2015-03-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-41.7N 122-40.4W
    Eastern North Pacific · California
  17. HYDROLANT 626/152015-03-15 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 39-48N 072-06W at 150105Z mar
    Western North Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 622/152015-03-14 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft vicinity 38-39.6N 071-01.4W
    Western North Atlantic
  19. HYDROPAC 900/152015-03-14 → 2015-04-02
    Man overboard from F/V bp 91070 ts vicinity 10-39N 115-56E at 130300Z mar
    South China Sea
  20. HYDROPAC 898/152015-03-14 → 2015-03-16
    Seven meter M/V, orange stripe, 11 persons on board, capsized and adrift between finsch harbour (06-33.0S…
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  21. HYDROPAC 897/152015-03-14 → 2015-03-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 889/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  22. HYDROPAC 896/152015-03-14 → 2015-03-17
    M/V, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure between waren (02-14-30S 136-23-53E)…
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  23. HYDROPAC 894/152015-03-14 → 2015-03-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 892/15 and this msg, persons rescued
    Eastern Indian Ocean
  24. HYDROLANT 614/152015-03-14 → 2015-04-02
    37 foot S/V mermaid, blue hull, one person on board, unreported port isabel (26-04.4N 097-12.8W) to tuxpan…
    Texas To Mexico
  25. HYDROLANT 613/152015-03-14 → 2015-04-02
    36 foot S/V sunshine, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 22-09.44N 086-19.47W
    Gulf of Mexico
  26. HYDROPAC 892/152015-03-14 → 2015-03-14
    F/V shofuku maru 78 on fire vicinity 16-04.92S 112-43.50E at 140145Z mar
    Eastern Indian Ocean
  27. HYDROPAC 891/152015-03-13 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-46-56N 124-44-33E at 132049Z mar
    East China Sea
  28. HYDROPAC 889/152015-03-13 → 2015-03-14
    Seven meter M/V, orange stripe, 11 persons on board, capsized and adrift between finsch harbour (06-33.0S…
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  29. HYDROPAC 883/152015-03-13 → 2015-03-16
    Seven meter M/V vessel, eight persons on board, overdue woodlark island (09-14S 152-40E) to misima island…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  30. HYDROLANT 604/152015-03-13 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received from vessel, one person on board, in 13-31.6N 025-41.5W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  31. HYDROPAC 877/152015-03-13 → 2015-03-22
    85 foot F/V clearwater, blue hull, nine persons on board, unreported to majuro (07-04N 171-16E)
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  32. HYDROPAC 876/152015-03-13 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-44.0N 111-40.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  33. HYDROLANT 602/152015-03-13 → 2015-04-02
    26 foot S/V maxed out II, white hull with green stripe, two persons on board, unreported
    Gulf of Mexico
  34. HYDROPAC 874/152015-03-13 → 2015-04-09
    22 foot F/V santa barbara, three persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Pacific · Panama
  35. HYDROPAC 866/152015-03-12 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-10.58S 175-14.81W
    South Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 865/152015-03-12 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz in: a. 22-10.73S 175-14.03W
    South Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 850/152015-03-11 → 2015-03-11
    M/V singa berlian unreported
    Singapore Strait
  38. HYDROLANT 587/152015-03-11 → 2015-03-11
    21 foot F/V lightning, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
    Western North Atlantic · Eastern Caribbean Sea · Dominica
  39. HYDROPAC 844/152015-03-11 → 2015-03-14
    F/V bd 96873P-TS, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-47N 113-07E at…
    South China Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 843/152015-03-11 → 2015-03-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-07.9N 174-40.0W at 110303Z mar
    North Pacific
  41. HYDROPAC 842/152015-03-11 → 2015-04-02
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 101635Z mar in: a. 43-17-02N 145-34-33E
    Western North Pacific · Japan
  42. HYDROPAC 840/152015-03-11 → 2015-04-09
    F/V bth 96142TS, ten persons on board, disabled and anchored in 09-54N 107-00E at 110200Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. HYDROLANT 583/152015-03-10 → 2015-04-02
    Man overboard from F/V pape aliou in 14-55N 017-09W at 100300Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  44. HYDROLANT 582/152015-03-10 → 2015-04-02
    Canoe ablayegueye capsized and adrift in 14-49N 017-21W at 100300Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  45. HYDROLANT 581/152015-03-10 → 2015-03-15
    Man overboard from M/V carnival glory in 25-46.6N 077-17.3W at 080710Z mar
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  46. HYDROPAC 824/152015-03-10 → 2015-03-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-55N 142-08E at 100552Z mar
    Western North Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 823/152015-03-10 → 2015-03-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V singa berlian in 01-28-41N 105-49-30E at 100545Z mar
    South China Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 822/152015-03-10 → 2015-03-13
    37 foot S/V ivanpah, white hull, two persons on board, unreported
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  49. HYDROLANT 575/152015-03-10 → 2015-03-13
    Vessel, one person on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  50. HYDROPAC 816/152015-03-09 → 2015-03-13
    Distress signal received in 41-19.4N 143-10.4W
    Eastern North Pacific

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