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. HYDROLANT 239/162016-01-28 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-11N 012-26E at 280309Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  2. HYDROLANT 238/162016-01-28 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-25N 013-38E at 280231Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  3. HYDROPAC 237/162016-01-27 → 2016-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 35 foot F/V jennie rose vicinity 38-53.8N 127-40.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 228/162016-01-27 → 2016-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 35 foot M/V jennie rose, red hull, in 28-30.4N 137-59.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  5. HYDROLANT 224/162016-01-26 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, 115 persons on board, requesting assistnce in 33-19N 013-58E at 262718Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  6. NAVAREA IV 62/162016-01-26 → 2016-01-29
    Derelict 20 foot vessel, green and yellow hull, capsized and adrift in 26-42.1N 092-24.6W
    Gulf of Mexico
  7. HYDROLANT 222/162016-01-26 → 2016-01-26
    Distress signal received from M/V modern express vicinity 46-00N 008-00W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  8. HYDROLANT 220/162016-01-26 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-38N 012-06E at 260847Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  9. HYDROPAC 224/162016-01-26 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received from vessel DM234 in 19-13N 038-11E at 260124Z jan
    Red Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 220/162016-01-25 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-14.0N 138-35.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  11. HYDROPAC 219/162016-01-25 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-28.4N 122-26.2W
    Eastern North Pacific · California
  12. HYDROLANT 211/162016-01-25 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-10N 013-41E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  13. HYDROLANT 210/162016-01-25 → 2016-01-25
    Cancel HYDROLANT 209/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  14. HYDROLANT 209/162016-01-25 → 2016-01-25
    F/V he is alive, red and blue hull, three persons on board, overdue from micoud (13-48N 060-54W)
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  15. HYDROPAC 213/162016-01-24 → 2016-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 6.5 meter M/V devocean in 12-50.6S 141-33.1E at 242257Z jan
    Australia-northeast Coast · Gulf of Carpentaria
  16. HYDROPAC 212/162016-01-24 → 2016-01-31
    F/V qng 97299 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 15-38N 111-07E
    South China Sea
  17. HYDROPAC 210/162016-01-24 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 240434Z jan in: a. 38-22-51N 157-54-50E
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea
  18. HYDROLANT 207/162016-01-24 → 2016-01-31
    30 foot S/V capsized and adrift in 12-19N 075-38W
    Caribbean Sea
  19. HYDROPAC 208/162016-01-24 → 2016-02-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V bluejacket of chidham in 03-15.5N 095-19.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 206/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-35.8N 124-56.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  21. HYDROLANT 205/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received from S/V harbringer 2, two persons on board, in 28-03.26N 078-27.63W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida
  22. HYDROLANT 204/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-23
    Virginia to azores
    North Atlantic
  23. HYDROPAC 205/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-31
    Man overboard from F/V c sehara vicinity 13-53N 073-33E on 21 jan
    Arabian Sea · India-west Coast
  24. HYDROPAC 204/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-48N 133-30E at 231304Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  25. HYDROLANT 203/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel tropic lure in 23-12.3N 083-30.1W
    Gulf of Mexico · Cuba
  26. HYDROLANT 202/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-31
    38 foot S/V unique, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 20-26.321N 083-16.428W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  27. HYDROLANT 201/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-14N 013-38E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  28. HYDROLANT 196/162016-01-22 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received from 38 foot S/V in 34-45.3N 050-35.6W at 221839Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 195/162016-01-22 → 2016-03-06
    40 foot vessel skylard, white hull, four persons on board, unreported vicinity 17-00N 070-00W
    Caribbean Sea · Dominican Republic
  30. HYDROPAC 201/162016-01-22 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz at 220455Z jan in: a. 32-35-45N 163-13-44E
    North Pacific · South China Sea
  31. HYDROLANT 187/162016-01-22 → 2016-01-31
    Eight vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 34-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  32. HYDROLANT 185/162016-01-22 → 2016-01-23
    45 foot S/V unique, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-56N 083-24W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  33. HYDROLANT 184/162016-01-22 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-17N 012-35E at 220302Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  34. HYDROPAC 195/162016-01-21 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 211919Z jan in: a. 20-24-28N 091-09-25E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Bay of Bengal
  35. HYDROLANT 181/162016-01-21 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel schironn reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 16-00N 032-00W
    North Atlantic
  36. HYDROLANT 180/162016-01-21 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, 30 persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 36-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily
  37. HYDROLANT 176/162016-01-21 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, 500 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-04N 012-01E at 210708Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  38. HYDROLANT 174/162016-01-20 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-26N 060-29W at 202107Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  39. HYDROPAC 184/162016-01-20 → 2016-01-21
    6.4 meter vessel, two persons on board, overdue dundee to fog bay (12-47S 130-03E) and return
    Australia-north Coast · Timor Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 171/162016-01-19 → 2016-01-31
    Man overboard from F/V no
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  41. HYDROPAC 169/162016-01-19 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 191620Z jan in: a. 18-35-27N 131-35-27E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  42. HYDROLANT 161/162016-01-19 → 2016-01-31
    16 foot vessel, blue hull, eight persons on board, disabled vicinity 20-40.35N 069-21.35W
    Western North Atlantic · Dominican Republic-north Coast
  43. HYDROLANT 159/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received from F/V tuna mill II in 25-23.0N 075-32.3W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  44. HYDROPAC 157/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-31
    13.5 meter S/V mesange noire, two persons on board, requesting assistance in 04-04N 084-43W
    Eastern North Pacific
  45. HYDROLANT 156/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel, eight persons on board, requesting assistance in 24-16.1N 079-25.2W at 180415Z jan
    Western North Atlantic · Strait of Florida
  46. HYDROLANT 155/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-31
    F/V antar, six persons on board, unreported vicinity 36-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily
  47. HYDROPAC 151/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-52.0S 140-21.2E at 180530Z jan
    Arafura Sea · Gulf of Carpentaria
  48. HYDROPAC 148/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 144/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 147/162016-01-17 → 2016-01-18
    Distress signal received on 12577 khz in 14-43N 109-09E at 171556Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  50. HYDROLANT 152/162016-01-17 → 2016-01-31
    F/V al fath, five persons on board, unreported vicinity 36-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily

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