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 890/172017-03-19 → 2017-04-08
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-59N 013-55E at 191300Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  2. HYDROPAC 952/172017-03-19 → 2017-03-25
    F/V qb 93136 ts reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 17-32N 107-05E at 172100Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  3. HYDROLANT 885/172017-03-19 → 2017-04-08
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-08N 012-11E at 190030Z mar
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  4. HYDROPAC 946/172017-03-18 → 2017-03-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V taumoana in 08-13.4N 177-34.9E at 180413Z mar
    North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 943/172017-03-18 → 2017-03-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 910/17 and this msg, persons rescued
    Southeastern Indian Ocean
  6. HYDROPAC 942/172017-03-18 → 2017-03-22
    F/V hp 90258 ts sank in 19-56N 107-06E at 180800Z mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  7. HYDROPAC 939/172017-03-18 → 2017-03-18
    Derelict 25 meter vessel, grey hull, capsized and adrift in 10-22.31S 094-24.17E at 180152Z mar
    Indian Ocean
  8. HYDROPAC 937/172017-03-18 → 2017-04-08
    Vessel seacor gas unreported
    Strait of Malacca
  9. HYDROPAC 936/172017-03-18 → 2017-03-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 886/17 and this msg, search suspended
    North Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 934/172017-03-18 → 2017-04-05
    S/V leomar, white hull, two persons on board unreported arica (18-29S 070-20W) to isla de pascua (27-07S…
    Eastern South Pacific · Chile
  11. HYDROPAC 926/172017-03-17 → 2017-03-18
    F/V na 96988 ts, 18 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-42N 106-37E at 171500Z mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  12. HYDROPAC 920/172017-03-17 → 2017-03-31
    F/V sank in 08-01.50N 104-59.50E at 102040Z mar
    South China Sea · Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  13. HYDROPAC 917/172017-03-17 → 2017-03-18
    F/V hp 90258 ts sank in 19-56.83N 107-06.83E at 170330Z mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  14. HYDROPAC 916/172017-03-17 → 2017-03-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 914/17 and this msg, person rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  15. HYDROPAC 914/172017-03-17 → 2017-03-17
    Man overboard from F/V bth 97409 ts in 10-18N 107-11E at 162100Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  16. HYDROPAC 913/172017-03-17 → 2017-03-17
    Man overboard from M/V hq 732 in 10-19N 107-09E at 162130Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  17. HYDROPAC 910/172017-03-16 → 2017-03-18
    13 meter S/V jedi 1, three persons on board, dismasted and adrift in 43-46S 104-58E at 161405Z mar
    Southeastern Indian Ocean
  18. HYDROPAC 901/172017-03-16 → 2017-03-18
    F/V qb 91609 ts, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift along trackline between 17-41N 110-40E and…
    South China Sea
  19. HYDROPAC 900/172017-03-16 → 2017-03-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 13 meter S/V jedi 1 in vicinity 43-44.0S 104-49.7E at 160810Z mar
    Southeastern Indian Ocean
  20. HYDROPAC 899/172017-03-16 → 2017-03-20
    F/V sudu duwa 4, yellow and blue hull, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 16-23N 087-35E at…
    Bay of Bengal
  21. HYDROPAC 898/172017-03-16 → 2017-03-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 897/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  22. HYDROPAC 897/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-16
    12 meter S/V isabel, white hull, three persons on board, overdue yamba (29-26S 153-21E) to coffs harbour…
    Coral Sea · Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  23. HYDROLANT 847/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-31
    Six meter vessel carmen I, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, unreported brindisi (40-38N…
    Adriatic Sea · Italy To Albania
  24. HYDROLANT 846/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-18
    Derelict liferaft adrift in 25-21.9S 007-42.6W
    South Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 843/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-15
    Cancel HYDROLANT 842/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Gulf of Mexico
  26. HYDROLANT 842/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-15
    Vessel maria bray, black hull, unreported
    Gulf of Mexico
  27. HYDROLANT 841/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-15
    Six meter vessel, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, unreported brindisi (40-38N 017-56E) to…
    Adriatic Sea · Italy To Albania
  28. HYDROPAC 892/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-29
    Distress signal received in 44-12N 129-00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  29. HYDROLANT 834/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-15
    Cancel HYDROLANT 828/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Eastern South Atlantic
  30. HYDROPAC 886/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-18
    Man overboard from F/V yi jung no 6 in 11-59N 176-26E
    North Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 885/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-19
    F/V na 95171 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-06N 106-36E at 140800Z mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  32. HYDROPAC 883/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-31
    Man overboard from F/V qb 98004 ts in 18-02N 107-35E at 050330Z mar
    South China Sea
  33. HYDROPAC 882/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-32.2N 140-40.4W
    Eastern North Pacific
  34. HYDROLANT 829/172017-03-14 → 2017-03-31
    Nine meter F/V saintoise, grey hull, four persons on board, overdue from saint martin (18-03N 063-03W)
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Martin
  35. NAVAREA IV 209/172017-03-14 → 2017-03-17
    Derelict liferaft adrift in 38-54.8N 055-51.3W at 141331Z mar
    Western North Atlantic
  36. HYDROPAC 870/172017-03-14 → 2017-03-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 854/17 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  37. HYDROPAC 869/172017-03-14 → 2017-03-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-23.5N 109-31.0E at 140027Z mar
    South China Sea
  38. HYDROPAC 868/172017-03-14 → 2017-04-08
    M/V unreported
    Arabian Sea · Somalia
  39. HYDROLANT 819/172017-03-13 → 2017-03-15
    Vessel vo mani, one person on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil- South Coast
  40. HYDROPAC 861/172017-03-13 → 2017-03-31
    Man overboard from F/V bv 99966 ts in 09-52N 106-53E at 130400Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 856/172017-03-13 → 2017-03-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-41.5N 117-39.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 854/172017-03-12 → 2017-03-14
    F/V bv 6341 ts sank in 08-00N 106-58E at 101600Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. HYDROPAC 853/172017-03-12 → 2017-03-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 838/17 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  44. HYDROPAC 851/172017-03-11 → 2017-03-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-15.8N 119-57.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  45. HYDROPAC 849/172017-03-11 → 2017-03-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-31.9N 126-50.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 848/172017-03-11 → 2017-03-14
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in 05-01.4N 106-35.7E at 111127Z mar
    South China Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 847/172017-03-11 → 2017-03-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel mt minorca in 04-46.8N 106-40.6E at 110827Z mar
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  48. HYDROLANT 797/172017-03-11 → 2017-03-31
    M/V, orange hull, one person on board, unreported eqalugaasuit (60-37N 045-54W) to qaqortoq (60-43N 046-02W)
    Davis Strait · Greenland-south Coast
  49. HYDROPAC 846/172017-03-11 → 2017-03-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 844/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific · Saipan
  50. HYDROPAC 844/172017-03-11 → 2017-03-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-14N 145-51E at 110326Z mar
    Western North Pacific · Saipan

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