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 44/162016-01-07 → 2016-01-07
    Distress signal received vicinity 10-00N 178-24E at 070245Z jan
    North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 43/162016-01-07 → 2016-01-10
    Derelict 20 meter vessel, blue and green hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 23-58.59S 051-48.25E at 070200Z…
    Western Indian Ocean
  3. HYDROPAC 40/162016-01-07 → 2016-02-21
    12 meter S/V intia, white hull, two persons on board, overdue port vila (17-45S 168-18E) to noumea (22-16S…
    Coral Sea · Vanuatu To New Caledonia
  4. HYDROLANT 58/162016-01-06 → 2016-01-10
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-00N 015-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  5. HYDROPAC 34/162016-01-06 → 2016-01-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-50N 130-31E at 060610Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 33/162016-01-06 → 2016-01-07
    F/V qng 94369TS reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 14-23N 113-14E at 052100Z jan
    South China Sea
  7. HYDROPAC 31/162016-01-06 → 2016-01-10
    Distress signal received vicinity 16-42.07S 158-19.05W
    South Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 30/162016-01-06 → 2016-01-10
    Distress signal received vicinity 14-10.4S 169-40.4W
    South Pacific · American Samoa
  9. HYDROLANT 56/162016-01-05 → 2016-01-10
    Vessel, 59 persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 23-41.10N 075-20.78W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas · Long Island-north Coast
  10. HYDROLANT 53/162016-01-05 → 2016-01-05
    Cancel HYDROLANT 33/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Atlantic
  11. HYDROLANT 40/162016-01-04 → 2016-01-10
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 38-00N 008-00E
    Western Mediterranean Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 21/162016-01-04 → 2016-01-31
    Man overboard from F/V HP1800 ts in 20-41.44N 106-57.03E at 031210Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  13. HYDROPAC 20/162016-01-04 → 2016-01-10
    M/V adi murni, nine persons on board, overdue buton (05-03.0S 122-53.0E) to sangeang api (08-11.8S 119-04.2E)
    Indonesia · Banda Sea · Flores Sea
  14. HYDROLANT 39/162016-01-04 → 2016-01-04
    Distress signal received in 20-00S 008-00W
    South Atlantic
  15. HYDROPAC 15/162016-01-03 → 2016-01-04
    Derelict 20 meter vessel capsized and adrift in 09-14.1S 040-37.9E
    Western Indian Ocean · Tanzania
  16. HYDROPAC 14/162016-01-03 → 2016-01-04
    Man overboard from F/V in 20-41.43N 106-57.02E at 031210Z jan
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  17. HYDROLANT 33/162016-01-03 → 2016-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 46-07.70N 024-53.67W at 031346Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  18. HYDROPAC 13/162016-01-03 → 2016-02-07
    15 foot vessel, two persons on board, unreported tarawa atoll (01-25N 173-02E) to maiana (01-02N 173-01E)
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  19. HYDROPAC 10/162016-01-02 → 2016-01-02
    Cancel HYDROPAC 8/16 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific
  20. HYDROLANT 25/162016-01-02 → 2016-01-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 46-05.22N 025-09.86W at 022131Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  21. HYDROPAC 9/162016-01-02 → 2016-01-03
    Two, 15 foot vessels, two persons on board and three persons on board, unreported tarawa atoll (01-25N…
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  22. HYDROPAC 8/162016-01-02 → 2016-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-34.7N 137-27.0E at 011312Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  23. HYDROLANT 22/162016-01-02 → 2016-01-07
    Possible man overboard from M/V carnival ecstacy in 26-04.9N 078-04.1W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  24. HYDROPAC 7/162016-01-02 → 2016-01-10
    Distress signal received in 27-00.5N 142-07.4E at 020023Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  25. HYDROLANT 17/162016-01-02 → 2016-01-02
    Cancel HYDROLANT 3233/15, 3/16 and this msg, search suspended
    North Atlantic
  26. HYDROPAC 4/162016-01-01 → 2016-01-01
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4208/15 and this msg, search suspended
    Indonesia · Celebes Sea
  27. HYDROLANT 6/162016-01-01 → 2016-02-14
    12 meter S/V thetys, white hull, three persons on board, overdue
    North Atlantic
  28. HYDROLANT 4/162016-01-01 → 2016-01-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 33 foot vessel moonstone or my drama queen in 33-36.9N 068-14.3W at…
    Western North Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 3/162016-01-01 → 2016-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 45-41.13N 025-45.04W at 010932Z jan
    North Atlantic

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