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 4057/172017-12-15 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 21 persons on board, requesting assistance between tajura (32-52-55N 013-20-24E) and 34-00-00N…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  2. HYDROLANT 4056/172017-12-15 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 150 persons on board, requesting assistance between zliten (32-28N 014-34E) and 33-00N 014-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  3. HYDROPAC 4413/172017-12-15 → 2017-12-18
    Derelict 25 meter F/V capsized and adrift in 09-19S 129-59E at 150135Z dec
    Timor Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 4411/172017-12-15 → 2017-12-15
    F/V bd 95368 ts, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 16-53N 108-58E at 141900Z dec
    South China Sea
  5. HYDROLANT 4055/172017-12-15 → 2017-12-15
    Vessel, 21 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 34-00N 014-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  6. HYDROLANT 4054/172017-12-15 → 2018-01-05
    Vessel, 50 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-27N 012-06E at 150028Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  7. HYDROLANT 4053/172017-12-15 → 2017-12-15
    Vessel, 50 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  8. HYDROPAC 4407/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-14
    Distress signal received in 35-10.2N 164-33.4W at 1421117Z dec
    North Pacific
  9. HYDROLANT 4046/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, four persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 34-00N 013-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  10. HYDROPAC 4405/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-20
    42 foot S/V, beige hull with green trim, three persons on board, overdue mindanao (08-00N 125-00E) to palau…
    Sulu Sea · Phillpine Sea · Phillipines
  11. HYDROPAC 4402/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-29
    Distress signal received in vicinity 09-46.6N 108-00.2E at 140845Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  12. HYDROLANT 4040/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 150 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-17N 014-09E at 140832Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  13. HYDROLANT 4039/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-14
    Vessel, 150 persons on board, requesting assistance between khoms (32-38-59N 014-15-52E) and 33-00-00N…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  14. HYDROLANT 4038/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 30 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-03N 012-49E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  15. HYDROLANT 4037/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 140 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-50-27N 014-15-07E at 140311Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  16. HYDROLANT 4036/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-14
    Vessel, 140 persons on board, requesting assistance between khoms (32-38-59N 014-15-52E) and 33-00-00N…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  17. HYDROLANT 4035/172017-12-14 → 2018-03-03
    Vessel, 28 person on board, requesting assistance in 33-21N 012-05E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  18. HYDROLANT 4034/172017-12-14 → 2017-12-29
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-21.5S 034-30.0W on 11 dec
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  19. HYDROLANT 4020/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, white hull, requesting assistance in 33-03N 013-40E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  20. HYDROPAC 4385/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-15
    F/V qt 90999 ts, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-02N 107-40E at 130700Z dec
    South China Sea · Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  21. HYDROPAC 4383/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-27
    F/V capsized and adrift in 08-59.9N 109-17.6E at 090826Z dec
    South China Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 4380/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-59.0N 165-03.7E at 130556Z dec
    North Pacific
  23. HYDROLANT 4017/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 90 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-17N 011-54E at 130238Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  24. HYDROLANT 4016/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-29
    Cape verde to st
    North Atlantic
  25. HYDROPAC 4373/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-13
    F/V qb 92689-TS, seven persons on board, flooding in 16-52N 109-43E at 130100Z dec
    South China Sea
  26. HYDROLANT 4015/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-13
    Vessel, 90 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-18N 011-52E at 130050Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  27. HYDROPAC 4367/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-15
    Derelict F/V, capsized and adrift in 08-00.6N 077-37.4E at 120945Z dec
    Northern Indian Ocean · India
  28. HYDROPAC 4364/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-29
    Fishing vessels, numerous persons on board, unreported
    Northern Indian Ocean · Arabian Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 4363/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4297/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  30. HYDROLANT 4008/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel priva sea IV, six persons on board, taking on water in 18-40.24N 044-08.53W
    North Atlantic
  31. HYDROPAC 4359/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel aussie 1 in 08-58.7N 135-52.4E at 120815Z dec
    Philippine Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 4355/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-15
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 07-16N 077-10E on 10 dec
    Northern Indian Ocean · Arabian Sea · India
  33. HYDROLANT 4005/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-12
    Vessel privasea 4, six persons on board, taking on water in 18-40.24N 044-08.53W
    North Atlantic
  34. HYDROPAC 4353/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-14
    14 foot vessel, two persons on board, overdue from washington island (04-42N 160-45W)
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  35. HYDROLANT 4004/172017-12-11 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 20 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-30N 012-19E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  36. HYDROPAC 4336/172017-12-11 → 2017-12-13
    F/V qb 92450TS, severn persons on board, disabled and adrift due to propeller failure in 17-26N 109-15E at…
    South China Sea
  37. HYDROLANT 3994/172017-12-11 → 2017-12-29
    14 meter S/V anegada, white hull, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift, requesting assistance in…
    Western North Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 3992/172017-12-10 → 2017-12-10
    Senegal to saint lucia
    North Atlantic
  39. HYDROLANT 3991/172017-12-10 → 2017-12-11
    14 meter S/V anegada, white hull, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift due to no fuel, requesting…
    Western North Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 3990/172017-12-10 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-18N 012-03E at 100953Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  41. HYDROLANT 3989/172017-12-10 → 2017-12-10
    Senegal to saint lucia
    North Atlantic
  42. HYDROPAC 4329/172017-12-10 → 2017-12-11
    Distress signal received from 17 meter F/V karina V in 40-46S 145-48E at 100704Z dec
    Bass Strait · Tasmania-north Coast
  43. HYDROPAC 4328/172017-12-10 → 2017-12-11
    F/V bv 5921 ts, 12 persons on board, in need of assistance in 08-57N 107-09E at 090500Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  44. HYDROPAC 4323/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-29
    30 foot vessel, white hull, three persons on board, in need of assistance in 07-18N 093-41W
    Eastern North Pacific
  45. HYDROLANT 3983/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 20 persons on board, overdue in vicinity 17-00N 069-00W
    Caribbean Sea · Dominican Republic
  46. HYDROLANT 3982/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-22N 017-21E at 091256Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  47. HYDROPAC 4322/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-11
    Barge arshia sank in 28-47N 050-18E at 080330Z dec
    Persian Gulf · Iran
  48. HYDROPAC 4321/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4310/17 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  49. HYDROLANT 3980/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-10
    14 meter S/V anegada, white hull, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift due to no fuel in 14-46N…
    Western North Atlantic
  50. HYDROLANT 3979/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel, 140 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-12N 012-19E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya

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