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

By month

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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 1191/162016-04-23 → 2016-05-01
    Person missing from beach vicinity kannur (11-46N 075-27E) at 231100Z apr
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  2. HYDROPAC 1190/162016-04-23 → 2016-05-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in: a. 17-51.6N 176-36.2E
    North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  3. HYDROLANT 964/162016-04-23 → 2016-05-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from ten meter S/V phebus in 09-35.4N 036-17.3W
    North Atlantic
  4. HYDROLANT 962/162016-04-23 → 2016-05-01
    F/V gueriden reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 08-28N 022-48W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  5. HYDROLANT 961/162016-04-23 → 2016-05-01
    Vessel, 300 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-44N 014-41E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  6. HYDROPAC 1179/162016-04-22 → 2016-04-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1155/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Southwestern Indian Ocean
  7. HYDROLANT 950/162016-04-22 → 2016-05-01
    M/V ne touche pas, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  8. HYDROPAC 1169/162016-04-21 → 2016-04-27
    Two persons missing vicinity 14-16N 080-19E
    Bay of Bengal · India-east Coast
  9. HYDROLANT 949/162016-04-21 → 2016-05-01
    20 foot vessel, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 23-06.4N 084-30.24W
    Gulf of Mexico · Cuba
  10. HYDROLANT 948/162016-04-21 → 2016-04-24
    Man overboard in 23-00S 043-15W on 21 apr
    Brazil-south Coast
  11. HYDROPAC 1168/162016-04-21 → 2016-05-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 65-32.64S 035-06.42E
    Southwestern Indian Ocean
  12. HYDROLANT 945/162016-04-21 → 2016-05-29
    35 foot S/V high maintenance, grey and white hull, three persons on board, unreported tampa bay (27-45.6N…
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida To Mexico
  13. HYDROLANT 944/162016-04-21 → 2016-05-01
    F/V rosinella, three persons on board, unreported from formia (41-15.2N 013-36.5E)
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Italy-west Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 1166/162016-04-21 → 2016-04-22
    18 foot vessel, three persons on board, unreported tarawa (01-20N 173-01E) to maiana (01-02N 173-00E)
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  15. HYDROPAC 1161/162016-04-21 → 2016-04-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1134/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  16. HYDROPAC 1160/162016-04-21 → 2016-04-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-20.3N 113-21.5E at 210211Z apr
    South China Sea
  17. HYDROLANT 942/162016-04-20 → 2016-05-29
    46 foot S/V marsouin, white hull, two persons on board, overdue santiago de cuba (20-01.2N 075-48.8W) to…
    Western Caribbean Sea · Cuba To Mexico
  18. HYDROPAC 1155/162016-04-20 → 2016-04-22
    Man overboard from F/V fu wei in 39-25S 023-25E at 200100Z apr
    Southwestern Indian Ocean
  19. HYDROPAC 1152/162016-04-20 → 2016-04-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-12-10N 158-12-50E at 200455Z apr
    Western North Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 1149/162016-04-19 → 2016-04-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12 meter M/V siskin, two persons on board, vicinity 12-48.1S…
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 1147/162016-04-19 → 2016-05-08
    Distress signal received from vessel ocean wave in 06-14N 104-00E at 191852Z apr
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  22. HYDROLANT 930/162016-04-19 → 2016-04-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-14.3N 047-08.4W at 191347Z apr
    Western North Atlantic
  23. HYDROPAC 1141/162016-04-19 → 2016-05-15
    Vessel tb karya makmur abadi II sinking in 01-02.39S 109-00.31E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  24. HYDROPAC 1138/162016-04-19 → 2016-04-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V ssiskin vicinity 12-52.9S 138-55.8E at 190753Z apr
    Gulf of Carpentaria · Australia-north Coast
  25. HYDROPAC 1136/162016-04-19 → 2016-04-23
    Canoe, blue hull, one person on board, overdue pulap, chuuk (07-38.3N 149-25.7E) and return
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  26. HYDROPAC 1134/162016-04-19 → 2016-04-21
    F/V dna 90486-TS, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-50N 110-47E at…
    South China Sea
  27. HYDROLANT 926/162016-04-19 → 2016-05-01
    Vessel, 600 persons on board, unreported egpyt to italy
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Ionian Sea · Egypt To Italy
  28. HYDROLANT 925/162016-04-19 → 2016-04-21
    35 foot S/V high maintenance, grey hull, three persons on board, unreported gulfport (27-45N 082-42W) to…
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida To Mexico
  29. HYDROLANT 923/162016-04-18 → 2016-04-24
    Man overboard from F/V lazurnyy in 60-14.1N 007-37.0W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Faroe Island
  30. HYDROPAC 1128/162016-04-18 → 2016-05-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel liaodongyu in 44-36N 137-53E at 180245Z apr
    Sea of Japan
  31. HYDROPAC 1125/162016-04-18 → 2016-04-18
    Four meter vessel, four persons on board, overdue mellville island (11-33S 130-56E) to gunn point (12-10S…
    Timor Sea · Australia-north Coast
  32. HYDROLANT 920/162016-04-17 → 2016-04-24
    F/V sinking in 34-32N 012-09E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Tunisia-east Coast
  33. HYDROPAC 1124/162016-04-17 → 2016-04-19
    Man overboard from vessel vicinity 20-00N 106-00E at 160930Z apr
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  34. HYDROLANT 919/162016-04-17 → 2016-04-24
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-08N 012-30E at 171306Z apr
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  35. HYDROPAC 1122/162016-04-17 → 2016-04-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 11-01.14S 139-57.12E at 171200Z apr
    Arafura Sea · Gulf of Carpentaria
  36. HYDROPAC 1118/162016-04-16 → 2016-04-23
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 23-36N 173-47E at 162028Z apr
    North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 1117/162016-04-16 → 2016-04-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-41.6N 112-45.2E
    South China Sea
  38. HYDROLANT 915/162016-04-16 → 2016-04-24
    Distress signal received in 33-04N 012-56E at 160941Z apr
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  39. HYDROLANT 914/162016-04-16 → 2016-04-24
    Vessel, 40 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-10N 019-56E at 161024Z apr
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  40. HYDROLANT 913/162016-04-16 → 2016-04-24
    Distress signal received from vessel red cedar in 05-05N 014-46W at 160420Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic
  41. HYDROPAC 1112/162016-04-16 → 2016-04-18
    F/V qng 98614 ts, eight persons on board, disabled and anchored in 17-32N 109-52E at 130300Z apr
    South China Sea
  42. NAVAREA IV 291/162016-04-14 → 2016-04-16
    150001Z apr iceberg limit along trackline joining 47-21N 052-48W, 43-45N 049-15W, 45-45N 037-15W, 50-00N…
    North American Ice Service (nais) Iceberg Bulletin
  43. HYDROPAC 1093/162016-04-14 → 2016-04-17
    F/V qng 90367TS sank within seven miles of 18-54N 072-48E at 130700Z apr
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  44. HYDROPAC 1091/162016-04-14 → 2016-05-29
    12 meter S/V geremia, white hull, one person on board, overdue hiva oa (09-45-00S 139-00-00W) to apataki…
    South Pacific · French Polynesia
  45. HYDROPAC 1089/162016-04-13 → 2016-04-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-02.5N 178-41.9E at 132015Z apr
    North Pacific
  46. HYDROLANT 890/162016-04-13 → 2016-04-17
    13 meter vessel, white hull, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in 35-10N 020-18E at 131730Z apr
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 1086/162016-04-13 → 2016-04-13
    Vessel, two persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity twin island (10-27.8S 142-26.5E) at 130930Z apr
    Torres Strait · Australia-northeast Coast
  48. HYDROPAC 1085/162016-04-13 → 2016-04-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-53.1N 106-21.5E
    South China Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 1081/162016-04-13 → 2016-04-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-48.5S 138-07.9E at 130715Z apr
    Great Australian Bight · Australia-south Coast
  50. HYDROPAC 1079/162016-04-13 → 2016-04-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1019/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea

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