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 147/152015-01-15 → 2015-01-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 145/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  2. HYDROLANT 128/152015-01-15 → 2015-02-07
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-14N 012-09E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  3. HYDROLANT 127/152015-01-15 → 2015-02-07
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in 36-24N 016-05E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  4. HYDROLANT 126/152015-01-15 → 2015-02-07
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in 36-24N 012-05E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily
  5. HYDROPAC 145/152015-01-15 → 2015-01-15
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 150409Z jan in: a. 30-38-13N 148-11-02E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 144/152015-01-15 → 2015-02-07
    Distress signal received vicinity 07-36-06N 113-57-14E at 150133Z jan
    South China Sea
  7. HYDROLANT 119/152015-01-15 → 2015-01-23
    Man overboard vicinity 04-08.05S 037-25.05W at 132000Z jan
    Brazil-north Coast
  8. HYDROLANT 118/152015-01-14 → 2015-01-15
    42 foot S/V heli, white hull, two persons on board, overdue biscayne bay (25-34N 080-13W) to bahamas
    Western North Atlantic · Florida To Bahamas
  9. HYDROLANT 117/152015-01-14 → 2015-02-07
    S/V way to brisbane, white hull, one person on board, overdue tristan da cunha (37-07S 012-17W) to cape town…
    South Atlantic · Tristan Da Cunha To South Africa
  10. HYDROPAC 141/152015-01-14 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-14-16N 122-11-45E at 141210Z jan
    East China Sea · China
  11. HYDROPAC 136/152015-01-14 → 2015-02-09
    Possible man overboard from F/V bv 90766TS vicinity 09-13.6N 106-51.8E
    South China Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 135/152015-01-14 → 2015-03-12
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, 15 persons on board, overdue anjouan (12-15S 044-25E) to moheli (12-15S…
    Northern Mozambique Channel · Comoros
  13. HYDROPAC 133/152015-01-14 → 2015-01-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-26.16N 152-16.12E at 140917Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  14. HYDROLANT 113/152015-01-14 → 2015-01-16
    Distress signal received from M/V cassandra 6 in 31-37N 046-19W at 130240Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  15. HYDROPAC 132/152015-01-13 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-35.1S 096-51.5W
    Eastern South Pacific
  16. HYDROPAC 130/152015-01-13 → 2015-02-07
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 130614Z jan in: a. 21-58-26N 164-14-52E
    North Pacific
  17. HYDROLANT 109/152015-01-13 → 2015-01-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-45.8N 068-51.8W
    Western North Atlantic
  18. HYDROPAC 125/152015-01-13 → 2015-03-12
    F/V sagar ki lahar sank in 21-41N 069-12E on 12 jan
    India-west Coast · Arabian Sea
  19. HYDROLANT 103/152015-01-13 → 2015-01-13
    Vessel a. sonia, 11 persons on board, taking on water in 21-05S 040-05W at 121813Z jan
    Brazil-southeast Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 122/152015-01-12 → 2015-02-07
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 122044Z jan in 28-27-50N 134-13-08E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 119/152015-01-12 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-16.5N 127-29.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 117/152015-01-12 → 2015-01-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-00S 082-15E from M/V global at 121515Z jan
    Indian Ocean
  23. NAVAREA IV 30/152015-01-11 → 2015-01-19
    Bonaire to martinique
    Caribbean Sea
  24. HYDROPAC 105/152015-01-11 → 2015-01-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 98/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific
  25. HYDROLANT 81/152015-01-11 → 2015-01-27
    Man overboard vicinity 03-11.22S 039-16.72W at 082150Z jan
    Brazil-north Coast
  26. HYDROPAC 100/152015-01-10 → 2015-02-07
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 101734Z jan in: a. 30-13-40N 126-26-16E
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea
  27. HYDROPAC 98/152015-01-10 → 2015-01-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-26N 145-08E at 101740Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  28. HYDROLANT 79/152015-01-10 → 2015-01-19
    47 foot S/V pelengina 2, white hull with blue stripe, one person on board, overdue bonaire (12-11.0N…
    Caribbean Sea · Bonaire To Martinique
  29. HYDROPAC 96/152015-01-10 → 2015-01-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-10.7N 112-30.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  30. HYDROPAC 95/152015-01-10 → 2015-01-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-42.6N 091-37.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 94/152015-01-10 → 2015-02-07
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz from vessel min dong yu 4980 at 101243Z jan in: a. 21-07-04N 128-35-42E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 93/152015-01-10 → 2015-04-02
    M/V bulk jupiter, 19 persons on board, sank in 09-00.0N 109-15.0E at 012248Z jan
    South China Sea
  33. HYDROLANT 76/152015-01-10 → 2015-01-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 67 foot F/V capt alfredo in 29-06.4N 057-44.7W
    Western North Atlantic
  34. HYDROLANT 74/152015-01-09 → 2015-01-15
    41 foot S/V ketch 22 unreported fort pierce (27-26N 080-20W) to bahamas
    Strait of Florida · Florida To Bahamas
  35. HYDROLANT 73/152015-01-09 → 2015-01-15
    36 foot M/V heli, two persons on board, overdue miami (25-45N 080-15W) to bahamas
    Strait of Florida · Florida To Bahamas
  36. HYDROPAC 88/152015-01-09 → 2015-01-16
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity long island (05-21S…
    Papua New Guinea-east Coast · Vitiaz Strait
  37. HYDROLANT 67/152015-01-08 → 2015-01-09
    10.1 meter S/V hakuna matata, white hull, unreported vicinity 22-00N 033-00W
    North Atlantic
  38. HYDROPAC 84/152015-01-08 → 2015-01-09
    Seven meter vessel, orange stripes, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 04-58.5S 150-26.1E at…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Bismarck Sea
  39. HYDROPAC 83/152015-01-08 → 2015-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-19.6N 111-39.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 79/152015-01-08 → 2015-01-08
    Seven meter vessel, orange stripes, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 04-59.4S 150-13.6E at…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Bismarck Sea
  41. HYDROPAC 78/152015-01-08 → 2015-01-21
    Aircraft search and rescue operations in area bound by 03-10-00S 110-00-00E, 03-10-00S 111-48-00E, 03-30-00S…
    Indonesia · Java Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 75/152015-01-08 → 2015-01-08
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 080536Z jan in: a. 06-07N 156-42E
    Western North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 73/152015-01-08 → 2015-01-08
    Seven meter vessel, orange stripes, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 04-56.7S 150-03.6E at…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Bismarck Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 72/152015-01-08 → 2015-01-08
    Seven meter vessel, orange stripes, nine persons on board, overdue garove island (04-40S 149-30E) to…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Bismarck Sea
  45. HYDROLANT 62/152015-01-07 → 2015-01-10
    Distress signal received vicinity 37-00N 012-00E
    Strait of Sicily
  46. HYDROPAC 69/152015-01-07 → 2015-01-10
    Nine meter F/V nosy be, white hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 12-57S 045-30E
    Northern Mozambique Channel · Comoros
  47. HYDROLANT 57/152015-01-07 → 2015-01-10
    Vessel, 110 persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-13N 013-08E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  48. HYDROPAC 63/152015-01-07 → 2015-01-08
    Seven meter vessel, orange stripes, 11 persons on board, overdue manus (02-05.6S 146-58.3E) to madang…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Bismarck Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 59/152015-01-07 → 2015-01-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V sea kiss vicinity 20-52.07S 175-11.46W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  50. HYDROPAC 57/152015-01-06 → 2015-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V sea kiss vicinity 20-49.77S 175-05.70W
    South Pacific · Tonga

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