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 2748/152015-11-09 → 2015-11-22
    Possible man overboard from M/V msc opera between civitavecchia (42-06-00N 011-48-00E) and genova (44-24-40N…
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Ligurian Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 3658/152015-11-09 → 2015-11-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-32.0S 103-47.5W
    Eastern South Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 3657/152015-11-09 → 2015-11-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3656/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 3656/152015-11-09 → 2015-11-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-40N 142-39E at 090108Z nov
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  5. HYDROLANT 2747/152015-11-09 → 2015-11-12
    Derelict liferaft adrift in 27-59.54N 093-05.49W
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  6. HYDROPAC 3654/152015-11-09 → 2015-11-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-06N 153-30E at 090025Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  7. NAVAREA IV 947/152015-11-09 → 2015-11-10
    Mississippi to texas
    Gulf of Mexico
  8. HYDROLANT 2746/152015-11-08 → 2015-11-22
    F/V millenium o, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-32N 075-36W
    Caribbean Sea
  9. HYDROLANT 2745/152015-11-08 → 2015-11-09
    Possible man overboard from M/V msc opera between civitavecchia (42-06-00N 011-48-00E) and genova (44-24-40N…
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Ligurian Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 3653/152015-11-08 → 2015-11-09
    F/V hoang phuc 18 sank in 10-16.0N 106-55.9E at 301300Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  11. HYDROPAC 3648/152015-11-08 → 2015-11-14
    F/V kh 97426 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 11-44N 116-13E at 071200Z…
    South China Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 3646/152015-11-07 → 2015-11-22
    Helicopter, two persons on board, crashed in 19-18.00N 071-26.60E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  13. HYDROPAC 3641/152015-11-07 → 2015-11-10
    Derelict five to ten meter vessel, blue and white hull, capsized and adrift in 15-49N 072-07E on 06 nov
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 3640/152015-11-07 → 2015-11-14
    Man overboard from F/V in 07-20.5N 077-14.5E at 060200Z nov
    Northern Indian Ocean · India-south Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 3639/152015-11-07 → 2015-11-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V mar atun in 01-52N 135-48W at 061443Z nov
    Eastern North Pacific
  16. HYDROLANT 2731/152015-11-06 → 2015-11-22
    Man overboard from cableship oasis vicinity 23-01.08N 071-40.68W
    Western North Atlantic
  17. HYDROPAC 3634/152015-11-06 → 2015-11-17
    F/V BASURU-01, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to damaged shaft vicinity 03-37N 090-40E
    Northern Indian Ocean
  18. HYDROPAC 3633/152015-11-06 → 2015-11-07
    F/V bd 96652-TS, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 15-10N 111-48E at…
    South China Sea
  19. HYDROLANT 2722/152015-11-05 → 2015-11-08
    Four vessels, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-03N 012-28E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  20. HYDROLANT 2721/152015-11-05 → 2015-11-08
    Vessel, 60 persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-00N 012-24E at 050310Z nov
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  21. HYDROPAC 3626/152015-11-05 → 2015-11-05
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3613/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 3624/152015-11-04 → 2015-11-07
    Helicopter, two persons on board, crashed in 19-18.0N 071-26.6E
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  23. HYDROPAC 3623/152015-11-04 → 2015-11-22
    F/V SANDALEE-04, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure vicinity 07-32N 073-28E
    Southeastern Arabian Sea
  24. HYDROLANT 2713/152015-11-04 → 2015-11-08
    Vessel, 300 persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-09N 012-32E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  25. HYDROPAC 3613/152015-11-04 → 2015-11-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-44.5N 137-24.2E at 040621Z nov
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 3611/152015-11-04 → 2015-11-06
    F/V bd 96652-TS, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 15-30N 112-20E at…
    South China Sea
  27. HYDROPAC 3609/152015-11-04 → 2015-11-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3607/15 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific · Palau
  28. HYDROPAC 3608/152015-11-04 → 2015-11-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3590/15 and this msg, persons rescued
    Indonesia · Flores Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 3607/152015-11-03 → 2015-11-04
    Distress signal received in 07-07N 134-23E
    Western North Pacific · Palau
  30. HYDROLANT 2703/152015-11-03 → 2015-11-22
    Distress signal received from vessel calbud 894 in 22-53.8N 017-16.0W at 022315Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara
  31. NAVAREA IV 927/152015-11-02 → 2015-12-13
    Colombia to aruba
    Caribbean Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 3593/152015-11-02 → 2015-11-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-41.9N 134-34.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  33. HYDROLANT 2693/152015-11-01 → 2015-12-13
    14 meter F/V milenio 0 unreported bahia hondita (12-24-32N 071-41-32W) to aruba (12-30-00N 069-58-00W)
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia To Aruba
  34. HYDROLANT 2691/152015-11-01 → 2015-11-08
    40 foot F/V diva kenyia, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…
    Northeastern Caribbean Sea
  35. HYDROLANT 2690/152015-11-01 → 2015-12-06
    36 foot S/V deja vu, white hull, possibly overdue pensacola (30-26.0N 087-12.0W) to havana (23-08.0N…
    Gulf of Mexico · Strait of Florida · Florida To Cuba
  36. HYDROPAC 3592/152015-11-01 → 2015-11-08
    F/V hoang phuc 18 sank in 10-16.0N 106-55.9E at 301300Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  37. HYDROLANT 2688/152015-11-01 → 2015-11-01
    Distress signal received from 70 foot S/V sorca, three persons on board, in 40-40.27N 063-48.11W at 010700Z…
    Western North Atlantic
  38. HYDROPAC 3590/152015-11-01 → 2015-11-04
    M/V mina sanjaya, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 08-35-58.63S…
    Indonesia · Flores Sea
  39. HYDROLANT 2685/152015-10-31 → 2015-11-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 61 foot M/V patrica in 21-09.20N 083-14.27W
    Northwestern Caribbean Sea · Cuba-southwest Coast
  40. HYDROPAC 3585/152015-10-30 → 2015-11-02
    Derelict F/V don jose III capsized and adrift vicinity 11-52S 077-57W
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  41. HYDROLANT 2679/152015-10-30 → 2015-10-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V sousa novo in 15-28.68S 011-48.67E at 300529Z oct
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  42. HYDROPAC 3578/152015-10-30 → 2015-11-01
    F/V hoang phuc 18 sank in 10-16.0N 106-55.9E at 301300Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. HYDROPAC 3576/152015-10-30 → 2015-10-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 11-58.86S 131-05.16E at 301312Z oct
    Australia-north Coast · Timor Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 3575/152015-10-30 → 2015-10-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-50.8N 136-58.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  45. HYDROPAC 3572/152015-10-30 → 2015-11-15
    Man overboard from M/V armada tgt 1 vicinity 09-58.45N 107-58.21E at 282330Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  46. HYDROPAC 3571/152015-10-30 → 2015-11-15
    Man overboard from F/V PY90109 ts vicinity 11-31N 110-03E at 290700Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  47. HYDROLANT 2678/152015-10-30 → 2015-11-08
    F/V, two persons on board, unreported
    Northern Tyrrhenian Sea · Ligurian Sea · Italy
  48. HYDROPAC 3566/152015-10-30 → 2015-11-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-59.6N 092-38.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 3561/152015-10-29 → 2015-10-29
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3539/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia-northwest Coast
  50. HYDROPAC 3558/152015-10-29 → 2015-10-31
    F/V NA93272 ts, 9 persons on board, and F/V NA95666 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-50N…
    Gulf of Tonkin

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