Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2016

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 2016
2,029
still in force
0
vs 2015
+5%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,226
  • HYDROLANT774
  • HYDROARC15
  • NAVAREA IV11
  • NAVAREA XII3

Where · top seas

North Pacific Ocean30921%
South China Sea28619%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin23316%
North Atlantic Ocean21915%
South Atlantic Ocean1057%
South Pacific Ocean825%
Caribbean Sea725%
Philippine Sea664%
Indian Ocean624%
Coral Sea584%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2016 · 2,029

  1. HYDROPAC 1512/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-46.3N 088-15.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 1511/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-22
    Distress signals received from vessel friendly island in: a. 09-33N 085-28W
    Eastern North Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 1510/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-22
    Distress signal received from vessel friendly island in 09-33N 085-28W
    Eastern North Pacific · Costa Rica
  4. HYDROPAC 1508/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-22
    Distress signal received in 09-33N 085-28W
    Eastern North Pacific · Costa Rica
  5. HYDROPAC 1507/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-28
    13 meter S/V fidel, dark blue hull, one person on board, disabled and adrift due to loss of steering in…
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Timor Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 1503/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-26.4N 131-27.5E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  7. HYDROPAC 1496/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-47N 110-54E at 220216Z may
    South China Sea
  8. HYDROPAC 1495/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-22
    F/V dna 90043 ts, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-55N 113-20E at 211230Z may
    South China Sea
  9. HYDROLANT 1207/162016-05-22 → 2016-05-29
    25 foot vessel, green hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble vicinity…
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  10. HYDROLANT 1206/162016-05-21 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz between marathon (24-43.5N 081-02.4W) and 27-27.5N 068-27.3W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida · Bahamas
  11. HYDROPAC 1492/162016-05-21 → 2016-05-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel guo ji 907 in 34-21.16S 028-45.11E
    Southwestern Indian Ocean · South Africa
  12. HYDROLANT 1203/162016-05-21 → 2016-05-29
    Vessel, possible persons on board, capsized and adrift in 38-40N 008-52E at 210900Z may
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Tyrrhenian Sea · Sardinia-south Coast
  13. HYDROPAC 1490/162016-05-21 → 2016-05-22
    F/V bv 99615 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-07N 108-01E at 210200Z may
    South China Sea
  14. HYDROLANT 1198/162016-05-20 → 2016-05-29
    Vessel, 14 persons on board, overdue annaba (36-54N 007-46E) and return
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Algeria
  15. HYDROLANT 1190/162016-05-20 → 2016-05-22
    F/V iron maiden reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 31-34-08S 014-31-01E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  16. HYDROPAC 1476/162016-05-20 → 2016-05-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1453/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Northern Indian Ocean · Bay of Bengal
  17. HYDROPAC 1474/162016-05-20 → 2016-05-23
    13.6 meter S/V dignity, white hull, two persons on board, overdue whangarei (35-43-30S 174-19-25E) to…
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand To Fiji
  18. HYDROPAC 1473/162016-05-20 → 2016-05-21
    Three f/v's, 18 persons on board, unreported krishnapatnam (14-16-59N 080-07-01E) to machilipatnam…
    Bay of Bengal · India-east Coast
  19. HYDROLANT 1185/162016-05-19 → 2016-07-03
    Bermuda to ireland
    North Atlantic
  20. HYDROLANT 1184/162016-05-19 → 2016-05-20
    F/V iron maiden reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 30-47S 013-00E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  21. HYDROLANT 1181/162016-05-19 → 2016-05-29
    Aircraft, 63 persons on board, missing vicinity 33-25.18N 029-42.00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 1468/162016-05-19 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-41.3N 106-10.5E at 190921Z may
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  23. HYDROPAC 1467/162016-05-19 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 16-16N 067-57E at 190221Z may
    Arabian Sea
  24. HYDROLANT 1179/162016-05-19 → 2016-05-19
    Aircraft, 63 persons on board, missing vicinity 33-46N 028-45E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 1462/162016-05-19 → 2016-05-19
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 182359Z may vicinity: a. 34-34.74S 077-31.08E
    Southern Indian Ocean
  26. HYDROLANT 1178/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-18
    Cancel HYDROLANT 1153/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida To Alabama
  27. HYDROLANT 1176/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-22
    Man overboard in 00-30S 047-59W on 18 may
    Brazil-north Coast
  28. HYDROARC 67/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-18
    Vessel, white hull, one person on board, overdue ilulisaat (69-13N 051-09W) and return
    Davis Strait · Greenland-west Coast
  29. HYDROLANT 1172/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-20
    Vessel veleiro dom alberto, three persons on board, unreported
    Brazil-south Coast
  30. HYDROPAC 1459/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-23.70N 109-59.31E at 180900Z may
    South China Sea
  31. HYDROPAC 1457/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-19
    F/V BV1573 ts sank in 10-30.10N 106-59.54E at 172200Z may
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  32. HYDROPAC 1454/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-22
    Tug orion dhanashree taking on water in 12-34N 080-38E
    Bay of Bengal · India-east Coast
  33. HYDROPAC 1453/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-20
    Man overboard from vessel in 06-00.6N 088-32.4E
    Northern Indian Ocean · Bay of Bengal
  34. HYDROPAC 1451/162016-05-18 → 2016-05-18
    15 foot vessel, two persons on board, unreported tabiteuea north atoll (01-08S 174-39E) to nonouti atoll…
    Western South Pacific · Kiribati
  35. HYDROPAC 1449/162016-05-17 → 2016-05-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1444/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Tasman Sea
  36. HYDROLANT 1165/162016-05-17 → 2016-05-17
    Cancel HYDROLANT 1143/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Gulf of Mexico
  37. HYDROPAC 1444/162016-05-17 → 2016-05-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V yuanda 29 vicinity 40-37.50S 157-27.24E at 171043Z may
    Tasman Sea
  38. HYDROLANT 1163/162016-05-17 → 2016-05-20
    Derelict liferaft adrift vicinity 36-07.1N 007-23.4W at 170700Z may
    Eastern North Atlantic · Gulf of Cadiz
  39. HYDROPAC 1437/162016-05-17 → 2016-05-24
    F/V qng 96248 ts, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 11-40N 116-18E at…
    South China Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 1436/162016-05-17 → 2016-05-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 20-28.20S 175-36.76W at 170325Z may
    South Pacific · Tonga
  41. HYDROPAC 1435/162016-05-17 → 2016-05-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 20-27.5S 175-39.9W at 170245Z may
    South Pacific · Tonga
  42. HYDROLANT 1159/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-29
    F/V pacific star reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 07-43N 020-58W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  43. HYDROPAC 1431/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-16
    14 meter F/V, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 12-31.55S 120-48.60E at 161047Z may
    Eastern Indian Ocean
  44. HYDROLANT 1155/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-22
    Vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in: a. 32-54N 014-35E at 160819Z may
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  45. HYDROPAC 1426/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-01S 150-03E at 160630Z may
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  46. HYDROLANT 1154/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 38-45.7N 072-51.9W at 160436Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  47. HYDROLANT 1153/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-18
    46 foot S/V eikia, white hull, three persons on board, overdue fort myers (26-37-00N 081-50-00W) to dauphin…
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida To Alabama
  48. HYDROLANT 1152/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-22
    Vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 34-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  49. HYDROPAC 1420/162016-05-14 → 2016-05-22
    Vessel, three persons on board, in distress in 07-25N 091-16W
    Eastern North Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 1418/162016-05-14 → 2016-05-22
    F/V th 91386 ts, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-54N 107-14E at 141030Z may
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam

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