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 750/162016-03-16 → 2016-03-16
    Distress signal received from S/V vicinity 07-20.00N 134-47.59E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Palau
  2. HYDROLANT 642/162016-03-16 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-05N 012-33E at 160230Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  3. HYDROPAC 749/162016-03-16 → 2016-03-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-26.2N 125-16.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 743/162016-03-15 → 2016-03-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 732/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Southwestern Indian Ocean · South Africa To Australia
  5. HYDROLANT 638/162016-03-15 → 2016-03-18
    Derelict liferaft adrift vicinity trackline between 35-43.4N 027-51.6E and 34-25.1N 030-51.2E on 15 mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  6. HYDROLANT 637/162016-03-15 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-16N 011-59E at 150745Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  7. HYDROLANT 636/162016-03-15 → 2016-03-20
    Two vessels, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in: a. 32-55N 012-30E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  8. HYDROPAC 741/162016-03-15 → 2016-04-10
    F/V qiong dan zhou 11118 sank in 18-54N 107-04E at 132100Z mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 740/162016-03-15 → 2016-03-17
    Canoe, one person on board, overdue
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  10. HYDROLANT 633/162016-03-15 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 34-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  11. HYDROPAC 738/162016-03-15 → 2016-03-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-10N 147-15E at 150200Z mar
    Western North Pacific
  12. HYDROLANT 632/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-16
    25 foot long F/V destiny, grey hull, two persons on board, unreported
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Martinique · Saint Lucia
  13. HYDROPAC 736/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 35-40.86S 169-29.46E
    Tasman Sea
  14. HYDROLANT 630/162016-03-14 → 2016-05-01
    Ten meter S/V oleo, four persons on board, overdue to the bahamas
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  15. HYDROPAC 732/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-15
    14 meter M/V denique, three persons on board, unreported cape town (33-55.5S 018-25.4E) to albany (35-01.4S…
    Southern Indian Ocean · South Africa To Australia
  16. HYDROLANT 628/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-20
    Man overboard from F/V mame diarra in 12-30N 017-12W at 100630Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  17. HYDROLANT 626/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-20
    49 foot S/V shanti, five persons on board, overdue
    Western North Atlantic
  18. HYDROPAC 730/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-20
    F/V kh 96658 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 11-46N 110-41E at 140400Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROLANT 621/162016-03-14 → 2016-04-24
    30 meter S/V scarena, blue hull, overdue lavandou (43-08.2N 006-22.5E) to palma de mallorca (39-34.0N…
    Western Mediterranean Sea · France To Balearic Islands
  20. HYDROPAC 726/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-20
    Man overboard from M/V meenakshi vicinity 19-10N 071-46E at 132130Z mar
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 725/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-45N 157-45W at 140615Z mar
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. NAVAREA IV 194/162016-03-13 → 2016-03-16
    Vessel sinking in 21-31.709N 076-47.175W at 130750Z mar
    Old Bahama Channel · Cuba-northeast Coast
  23. HYDROLANT 608/162016-03-13 → 2016-03-16
    Vessel sinking in 21-31.709N 076-47.175W at 130750Z mar
    Old Bahama Channel · Cuba-northeast Coast
  24. HYDROLANT 603/162016-03-12 → 2016-03-13
    Vessel genessis V disabled and adrift reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 25-36.5S 048-09.5W
    Brazil-south Coast
  25. HYDROLANT 602/162016-03-12 → 2016-03-20
    Two persons missing from canoe chawky haidous vicinity 14-00N 017-00W on 12 mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  26. HYDROLANT 601/162016-03-12 → 2016-03-12
    Cancel HYDROLANT 597/16, search suspended
    North Atlantic
  27. HYDROPAC 707/162016-03-12 → 2016-03-13
    Papua new guinea
    Western South Pacific
  28. HYDROLANT 597/162016-03-12 → 2016-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 44-18.6N 040-08.4W at 111810Z mar
    North Atlantic
  29. NAVAREA IV 188/162016-03-12 → 2016-04-24
    Jamaica to colombia seven meters S/V gullan, yellow hull, one person on board, unreported port antonio…
    Caribbean Sea
  30. HYDROPAC 706/162016-03-11 → 2016-03-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 705/16 and this msg, person rescued
    Tasman Sea · New Zealand-northwest Coast
  31. HYDROPAC 705/162016-03-11 → 2016-03-11
    Vessel sank vicinity 35-27.28S 171-14.16E
    Tasman Sea · New Zealand-northwest Coast
  32. HYDROLANT 594/162016-03-11 → 2016-03-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-06.0N 080-46.4W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  33. HYDROPAC 704/162016-03-11 → 2016-03-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 701/16 and this msg, persons rescued
    Eastern North Pacific
  34. HYDROPAC 703/162016-03-11 → 2016-03-18
    22 foot vessel, grey and white hull, six persons on board overdue weno (07-28N 151-52E) to losap atoll…
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  35. HYDROPAC 701/162016-03-11 → 2016-03-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 41 foot F/V vicious cycle, three persons on board, in 18-45.0N…
    Eastern North Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 699/162016-03-11 → 2016-03-12
    M/V rendezvous, white hull, unreported
    South China Sea
  37. HYDROPAC 696/162016-03-11 → 2016-03-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-05.2N 111-15.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  38. HYDROLANT 580/162016-03-10 → 2016-03-20
    Canoe, blue and white hull, three persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  39. HYDROPAC 683/162016-03-10 → 2016-03-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 665/16 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea
  40. HYDROLANT 573/162016-03-09 → 2016-03-28
    25 foot F/V lau kern, white and blue hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea
  41. HYDROLANT 562/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-20
    Three persons missing from 40 meter F/V marie joseph dak 817 sinking in 15-17N 016-59W at 081558Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  42. HYDROLANT 561/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-13
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-10S 045-00W on 07 mar
    Brazil-north Coast
  43. HYDROPAC 671/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-15.5N 157-35.0E at 081715Z mar
    Western North Pacific
  44. HYDROPAC 670/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-09
    F/V rising sun, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to loss of steering vicinity 33-48.9S…
    Great Australian Bight · Australia-south Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 667/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 33-44.2S 137-23.6E at 080735Z mar
    Australia-south Coast · Spencer Gulf
  46. HYDROPAC 665/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-10
    F/V kh 96640-TS sinking in 16-10N 113-15E at 071315Z mar
    South China Sea
  47. HYDROLANT 557/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-20
    Vessel, 380 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-55N 012-20E at 080120Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  48. HYDROPAC 662/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-46.5N 125-20.1W at 072324Z mar
    Eastern North Pacific
  49. HYDROLANT 555/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-13
    Man overboard from vessel in 33-32.13S 052-28.14W on 07 mar
    Brazil-south Coast
  50. HYDROPAC 661/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-28.4N 143-46.4W at 072324Z mar
    Eastern North Pacific

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