Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2017

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 2017
2,188
still in force
0
vs 2016
+8%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,397
  • HYDROLANT735
  • NAVAREA IV30
  • HYDROARC20
  • NAVAREA XII6

Where · top seas

South China Sea41626%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin27517%
North Pacific Ocean25816%
North Atlantic Ocean20313%
Philippine Sea916%
South Atlantic Ocean875%
South Pacific Ocean835%
Caribbean Sea684%
Indian Ocean564%
Coral Sea564%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2017 · 2,188

  1. HYDROPAC 4569/172017-12-24 → 2018-01-12
    Distress signal received in vicinity 03-01.4N 106-35.9E at 242158Z dec
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  2. HYDROPAC 4567/172017-12-24 → 2017-12-24
    33 foot S/V turangi, blue hull, one person on board, unreported hicks bay (37-36.0S 178-18.0E) to auckland…
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  3. HYDROPAC 4565/172017-12-24 → 2018-01-12
    Man overboard from F/V kh 96632 ts in 09-58N 109-49E at 201700Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  4. HYDROPAC 4564/172017-12-24 → 2017-12-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4555/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  5. HYDROPAC 4562/172017-12-24 → 2018-01-12
    F/V bv 0032TS, five persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  6. HYDROPAC 4561/172017-12-24 → 2017-12-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4495/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  7. HYDROPAC 4559/172017-12-24 → 2017-12-27
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in 03-30.68N 105-23.26E at 240257Z dec
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  8. HYDROPAC 4558/172017-12-24 → 2017-12-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4462/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  9. HYDROPAC 4557/172017-12-24 → 2018-01-09
    24 foot M/V, white hull, seven persons on board, unreported weno (07-24N 151-49E) to murilo (08-38N 152-19E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  10. HYDROLANT 4168/172017-12-23 → 2018-01-12
    Vessel capsized and adrift in 26-15.53N 088-13.56W at 231729Z dec
    Gulf of Mexico
  11. HYDROPAC 4555/172017-12-23 → 2017-12-24
    M/V daya karya, eight persons on board, unreported to lamongan (06-51.85S 112-24.76E)
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  12. HYDROPAC 4554/172017-12-23 → 2018-01-12
    Distress signal received from M/V icon ikhlas in 07-00.8N 105-11.9E at 231127Z dec
    South China Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 4550/172017-12-23 → 2017-12-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4486/17 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  14. NAVAREA IV 1193/172017-12-23 → 2017-12-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-00N 049-30W at 230511Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  15. NAVAREA IV 1192/172017-12-23 → 2017-12-27
    32 foot S/V coconut, white hull with yellow stripe, three persons on board, overdue st kitts (17-18N 62-42W)…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Western North Atlantic
  16. HYDROPAC 4543/172017-12-23 → 2017-12-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4490/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  17. HYDROPAC 4542/172017-12-23 → 2017-12-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4515/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  18. HYDROLANT 4160/172017-12-22 → 2017-12-26
    Rowboat team tenzing, two persons on board, capsized and requesting assistance in 23-38.27N 025-14.53W
    North Atlantic
  19. HYDROPAC 4537/172017-12-22 → 2017-12-23
    F/V bv 6958 ts, six persons on board, disabled and anchored due to engine failure in 09-25N 107-13E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  20. HYDROPAC 4534/172017-12-22 → 2017-12-23
    Distress signal received in 06-21.7N 103-51.5E at 202014Z dec
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  21. HYDROPAC 4530/172017-12-22 → 2017-12-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 31-57.46S 174-44.18E
    Western South Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 4528/172017-12-22 → 2017-12-25
    Derelict 25 meter F/V capsized and adrift in 09-29.5S 128-43.4E at 220140Z dec
    Timor Sea
  23. HYDROPAC 4527/172017-12-22 → 2018-01-05
    F/V kh 97236TS, three persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  24. HYDROPAC 4526/172017-12-22 → 2018-01-05
    F/V bd 96412-TS, five persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 4525/172017-12-22 → 2017-12-27
    Vessel sank
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  26. HYDROPAC 4524/172017-12-22 → 2017-12-28
    Vessel km samudera jaya, 11 persons on board, sank in vicinity 05-00S 107-00E
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  27. HYDROPAC 4515/172017-12-21 → 2017-12-23
    F/V bd 98026 ts, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-56N 109-53E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  28. HYDROPAC 4510/172017-12-21 → 2018-01-05
    F/V kh 97768 ts, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 05-50N 110-40E at 201500Z dec
    South China Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 4507/172017-12-21 → 2018-01-05
    F/V bd 96665-TS, six persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea
  30. HYDROPAC 4506/172017-12-21 → 2018-01-05
    F/V qng 95985-TS, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 14-12N 111-42E at…
    South China Sea
  31. HYDROPAC 4502/172017-12-21 → 2017-12-24
    F/V kh 96632 ts reports two crewmen requiring medical assistance and man overboard in 09-58N 109-49E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  32. HYDROLANT 4143/172017-12-21 → 2018-01-05
    54 foot S/V dances with dragons, three persons on board, requesting assistance in 09-52.88N 077-34.16W
    Western Caribbean Sea · Panama
  33. HYDROPAC 4501/172017-12-21 → 2018-01-05
    Indonesia DNC 04, DNC 11
    South China Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 4500/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-22
    F/V cm 99655 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-56N 103-49E at…
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  35. HYDROLANT 4139/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-21
    54 foot S/V dancers with dragons, three persons on board, requesting assistance in 09-56.12N 076-55.99W
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  36. HYDROPAC 4495/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-24
    F/V bd 95975-TS, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 14-56N 116-20E at…
    South China Sea
  37. HYDROPAC 4494/172017-12-20 → 2018-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-51.0N 104-02.8E at 201108Z dec
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  38. HYDROPAC 4493/172017-12-20 → 2018-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-09.7N 104-35.6E at 201101Z dec
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  39. HYDROPAC 4491/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V king k in 01-21.1N 105-24.4E at 201102Z dec
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  40. HYDROPAC 4490/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-23
    F/V bd 93086 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-37N 108-20E at 200500Z dec
    South China Sea
  41. HYDROPAC 4489/172017-12-20 → 2018-01-05
    Man overboard from F/V bth 96328TS in 08-02N 103-01E at 200800Z dec
    Gulf of Thailand
  42. HYDROPAC 4486/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-23
    F/V bd 96542-TS, six persons on board, taking on water in 17-07N 108-15E at 200400Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. HYDROPAC 4485/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-22
    Derelict 25 meter F/V capsized and adrift in vicinity 09-15.3S 128-59.4E at 200215Z dec
    Timor Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 4484/172017-12-20 → 2018-03-03
    F/V kh 99216 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-46N 115-18E at…
    South China Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 4482/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-21
    F/V bd 98116 ts, 15 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-30N 108-40E on 18 dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  46. HYDROLANT 4129/172017-12-20 → 2018-01-05
    Submarine unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Argentina
  47. HYDROPAC 4481/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4457/17 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 4480/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4479/17 and this msg, person rescued
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  49. HYDROPAC 4479/172017-12-20 → 2017-12-20
    One person missing from capsized five meter vessel in 17-47.53S 146-26.87E at 192337Z dec
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  50. HYDROLANT 4127/172017-12-19 → 2018-01-05
    Straits of florida
    Gulf of Mexico

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