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

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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. HYDROLANT 1182/172017-04-13 → 2017-04-28
    S/V ocean quest sank in 20-43.2N 069-43.7W
    Western North Atlantic
  2. HYDROPAC 1295/172017-04-13 → 2017-04-17
    F/V wh 91635 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-39N 106-45E at 092100Z apr
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  3. HYDROLANT 1181/172017-04-13 → 2017-04-28
    Two vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in: a. 32-58N 013-00E at 130447Z apr
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  4. HYDROLANT 1180/172017-04-13 → 2017-04-13
    Two vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-12N 013-24E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  5. HYDROPAC 1292/172017-04-13 → 2017-04-14
    F/V dna 90369 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-00N 110-30E at 120500Z apr
    South China Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 1291/172017-04-13 → 2017-04-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel regina r in vicinity 46-02S 153-20W
    South Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 1290/172017-04-12 → 2017-04-15
    11.5 meter S/V silbermoewe, white hull, unreported opua (35-19S 174-07E) to noumea (22-16S 166-27E)
    Western South Pacific · Coral Sea · New Zealand To New Caledonia
  8. HYDROPAC 1289/172017-04-12 → 2017-04-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-21N 160-38E
    North Pacific
  9. HYDROPAC 1285/172017-04-12 → 2017-04-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1238/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  10. HYDROLANT 1163/172017-04-11 → 2017-04-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-57N 072-11W at 111937Z apr
    Western North Atlantic · New York
  11. HYDROPAC 1284/172017-04-11 → 2017-04-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 31-32.8N 119-47.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 1283/172017-04-11 → 2017-04-12
    Distress signal received in 18-54N 158-41W
    Eastern North Pacific
  13. HYDROLANT 1162/172017-04-11 → 2017-04-12
    15 meter S/V climate action now, one person on board, disabled
    Eastern South Atlantic
  14. HYDROPAC 1281/172017-04-11 → 2017-04-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-48.2N 141-47.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  15. HYDROPAC 1277/172017-04-11 → 2017-04-11
    15 meter S/V climate action now, one person on board, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 37-53S 018-26E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  16. HYDROLANT 1158/172017-04-11 → 2017-04-11
    15 meter S/V climate action now, one person on board, dismasted and adrift in vicinity 37-53S 018-26E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  17. HYDROPAC 1275/172017-04-10 → 2017-04-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-32.9N 155-14.6W at 101809Z apr
    Eastern North Pacific
  18. HYDROLANT 1152/172017-04-10 → 2017-04-28
    Distress signal received from aircraft in 29-47.1N 086-09.4W
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida
  19. HYDROPAC 1274/172017-04-10 → 2017-04-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-13N 135-21E at 101027Z apr
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  20. HYDROPAC 1273/172017-04-10 → 2017-04-28
    Man overboard from F/V bth 97781 ts in vicinity 07-31N 109-53E at 092200Z apr
    South China Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 1272/172017-04-10 → 2017-04-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1269/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Southern Indian Ocean
  22. HYDROPAC 1269/172017-04-10 → 2017-04-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lu wei yuan yu in vicinity 36-42S 086-09E at 100731Z apr
    Southern Indian Ocean
  23. HYDROPAC 1268/172017-04-10 → 2017-04-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-24.2N 135-36.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 1267/172017-04-10 → 2017-04-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1061/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 1264/172017-04-09 → 2017-04-21
    Vessel, six persons on board, unreported
    Arabian Sea · Pakistan
  26. HYDROLANT 1143/172017-04-09 → 2017-04-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel rolling tide in 29-45.5N 088-18.1W at 090923Z apr
    Gulf of Mexico · Alabama · Mississippi
  27. HYDROPAC 1261/172017-04-09 → 2017-04-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 5.8 meter M/V pure genius, blue hull, three persons on board, in…
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia-northwest Coast
  28. HYDROPAC 1260/172017-04-09 → 2017-04-17
    M/V margadiri sinking in 05-47.28S 106-08.70E on 07 apr
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  29. HYDROPAC 1259/172017-04-09 → 2017-04-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1158/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Bismark Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  30. HYDROLANT 1141/172017-04-09 → 2017-04-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 30 meter M/V leopard in 15-15.68N 054-11.34W at 090700Z apr
    Western North Atlantic
  31. HYDROLANT 1135/172017-04-08 → 2017-04-28
    S/V saquerlotte, four persons on board, taking on water in 11-10N 075-54W
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  32. HYDROLANT 1134/172017-04-08 → 2017-04-28
    Man overboard in 25-57.8N 077-59.4W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  33. HYDROPAC 1247/172017-04-08 → 2017-04-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-55.1N 115-30.6W
    Eastern North Pacific
  34. HYDROLANT 1132/172017-04-07 → 2017-04-21
    Distress signal received in 24-44.4N 042-08.8W at 072149Z apr
    North Atlantic
  35. HYDROPAC 1246/172017-04-07 → 2017-04-07
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1245/17 and this msg, person rescued
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  36. HYDROPAC 1245/172017-04-07 → 2017-04-07
    Man overboard in vicinity 06-34.2S 148-39.8E at 071820Z apr
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  37. HYDROLANT 1125/172017-04-07 → 2017-04-09
    Vessel mister david, four persons on board, diabled and adrift in 25-28.05S 045-31.35W on 06 apr
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  38. HYDROPAC 1239/172017-04-07 → 2017-04-17
    Man overboard from M/V tian qi in 03-30.0N 100-12.2E at 040509Z apr
    Strait of Malacca
  39. HYDROPAC 1238/172017-04-07 → 2017-04-12
    F/V py 92368 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-03N 115-25E at…
    South China Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 1236/172017-04-07 → 2017-04-07
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1227/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  41. HYDROLANT 1115/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-21
    Man overboard in 02-04.23S 044-08.30W on 06 apr
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  42. HYDROLANT 1114/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-21
    Vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  43. HYDROPAC 1234/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 10-27.0N 123-34.6W at 061343Z apr
    Eastern North Pacific
  44. HYDROLANT 1109/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-21
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-10N 012-54E at 060949Z apr
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  45. HYDROLANT 1108/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-06
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-09N 012-56E at 060521Z apr
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  46. HYDROPAC 1229/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-09
    15 foot vessel naiaoka, white and yellow hull, three persons on board, unreported tarawa (01-25N 173-02E) to…
    Pacific · Kiribati
  47. HYDROPAC 1228/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-09
    F/V py 92215 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-11N 113-32E, at…
    South China Sea
  48. HYDROLANT 1107/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-21
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  49. HYDROPAC 1227/172017-04-06 → 2017-04-07
    F/V, nine persons on board, unreported pulau sapomi (01-11S 136-05E) to yapen (01-50S 136-10E)
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  50. HYDROPAC 1225/172017-04-05 → 2017-04-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-45.33N 108-57.80W
    Eastern North Pacific

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