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 2476/172017-07-19 → 2017-07-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-36N 135-26E at 191014Z jul
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 2470/172017-07-18 → 2017-07-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-25.4N 105-20.4W
    Eastern North Pacific
  3. HYDROLANT 2233/172017-07-18 → 2017-07-20
    Distress signal received from vessel in 00-40.0N 037-42.2W on 17 jul
    North Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  4. HYDROPAC 2466/172017-07-18 → 2017-08-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-53.7N 099-27.6W
    Eastern North Pacific
  5. HYDROLANT 2222/172017-07-17 → 2017-07-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 27 foot S/V fenrir, white hull, one person on board, in 45-47N…
    North Atlantic
  6. HYDROPAC 2458/172017-07-17 → 2017-07-18
    S/V, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 10-00S 139-00E
    Arafura Sea
  7. HYDROPAC 2454/172017-07-17 → 2017-07-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2446/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 2452/172017-07-17 → 2017-07-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2322/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Northern Indian Ocean · Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  9. HYDROPAC 2451/172017-07-17 → 2017-07-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V scott free, two persons on board, in vicinity 09-30.0S…
    Arafura Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 2447/172017-07-16 → 2017-08-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V vtb 26, 13 persons on board, in 18-49.00N 105-46.81E at 161902Z…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  11. HYDROPAC 2446/172017-07-16 → 2017-07-17
    F/V qng 94698 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-03N 110-02E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  12. HYDROPAC 2445/172017-07-16 → 2017-08-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-11.1N 116-49.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 2444/172017-07-16 → 2017-07-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2441/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 2443/172017-07-16 → 2017-07-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2442/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific
  15. HYDROPAC 2442/172017-07-16 → 2017-07-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V zhefengyu 23026 in 23-16-44N 150-12-03E at 160042Z jul
    Western North Pacific
  16. HYDROPAC 2441/172017-07-16 → 2017-07-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 26-56S 154-09E at 160132Z jul
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  17. HYDROPAC 2436/172017-07-15 → 2017-07-15
    4.2 meter M/V, four persons on board, overdue bloomfield river (15-55S 145-21E) to pickersgill reef (15-51S…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  18. HYDROPAC 2434/172017-07-15 → 2017-07-15
    F/V qiong dan zhou 13095 unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROPAC 2433/172017-07-15 → 2017-07-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2432/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 2432/172017-07-15 → 2017-07-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V min feng yu 00507 in 30-11-02N 144-26-38E at 150615Z jul
    Western North Pacific
  21. HYDROPAC 2430/172017-07-15 → 2017-07-15
    Man overboard from F/V na 94254 ts in 18-53N 106-15E at 142300Z jul
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  22. HYDROLANT 2194/172017-07-14 → 2017-08-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 56 foot M/V palmyra in vicinity 26-08N 070-48W
    Western North Atlantic
  23. HYDROARC 143/172017-07-14 → 2017-08-04
    Vessel aarluk, white hull, two persons on board, unreported aasiaat (68-42-35N 052-52-10W) to kitsissuarsuit…
    Davis Strait · Greenland-west Coast
  24. HYDROPAC 2418/172017-07-13 → 2017-07-27
    F/V na 92286 ts reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 19-16N 106-48E at 120200Z jul
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  25. HYDROPAC 2417/172017-07-13 → 2017-07-13
    F/V na 92286 ts reports crewman requiring medical assistance in vicinity 19-00N 106-00E at 120200Z jul
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  26. HYDROLANT 2163/172017-07-13 → 2017-07-14
    Distress signal received from vessel in 04-42.2S 033-07.0W on 12 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  27. HYDROPAC 2411/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V cabo star in 11-02.4N 089-55.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  28. HYDROPAC 2409/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-54.5N 127-15.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  29. HYDROLANT 2156/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 31 foot vessel in 24-29.6N 071-49.0W
    Western North Atlantic
  30. HYDROPAC 2406/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    F/V qb 92530-TS reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 16-15N 109-28E at 100300Z jul
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  31. HYDROPAC 2404/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signal received in vicinity 27-00N 123-00E at 120706Z jul
    East China Sea
  32. NAVAREA IV 583/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    Isla de san andres
    Western Caribbean Sea
  33. HYDROLANT 2152/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-12
    Vessel, one person on board, requesting assistance in vicinity sermilik fjord (66-00N 037-52W)
    North Atlantic · Greenland-southeast Coast
  34. HYDROLANT 2151/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    Vessel, blue hull, 1000 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-01N 012-25E at 120400Z jul
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  35. HYDROLANT 2150/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    Vessel, 130 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 34-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  36. HYDROPAC 2400/172017-07-11 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 37-49.0N 136-33.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 2396/172017-07-11 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 110656Z jul in: a. 12-34-15N 147-57-57E
    Western North Pacific · Phillippine Sea
  38. HYDROPAC 2395/172017-07-11 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-42.9N 147-45.2E
    Western North Pacific
  39. HYDROLANT 2146/172017-07-11 → 2017-07-27
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 32-58N 012-24E at 110427Z jul
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  40. HYDROPAC 2394/172017-07-11 → 2017-07-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2393/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific
  41. HYDROLANT 2145/172017-07-11 → 2017-07-11
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 34-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  42. HYDROPAC 2393/172017-07-11 → 2017-07-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 41-44-41N 157-31-37E at 102354Z jul
    Western North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 2391/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-27
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 05-28.40N 103-46.23E at 101713Z jul
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  44. NAVAREA XII 299/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-10
    S/V barracuda unreported
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  45. HYDROARC 137/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-10
    Cancel HYDROARC 136/17 and this msg, persons located safe
    Davis Strait · Baffin Bay · Greenland-west Coast
  46. HYDROARC 136/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-10
    19 foot vessel, two persons on board, overdue ilulissat (69-13N 051-06W) to uummannaq (70-40N 052-08W)
    Davis Strait · Baffin Bay · Greenland-west Coast
  47. HYDROPAC 2386/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signal received in 08-18.4N 113-48.6E at 101040Z jul
    South China Sea
  48. HYDROLANT 2134/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-27
    Vessels, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in vicinity 34-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  49. HYDROPAC 2384/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-27
    36 foot F/V dinara, yellow hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 06-00N…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  50. HYDROLANT 2132/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-10
    Cancel HYDROLANT 2130/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Atlantic

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