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 86/172017-01-08 → 2017-01-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 59/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Andaman Sea · Indonesia
  2. HYDROPAC 83/172017-01-08 → 2017-01-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 74/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  3. HYDROPAC 80/172017-01-08 → 2017-01-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-47.3S 114-53.1E at 080346Z jan
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia-west Coast
  4. HYDROPAC 79/172017-01-08 → 2017-01-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 52/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  5. HYDROLANT 75/172017-01-08 → 2017-01-25
    Vessel allure, two persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  6. HYDROLANT 71/172017-01-07 → 2017-01-25
    11 meter S/V omote, white and blue hull, two persons on board, overdue camaret (48-16N 004-35W) to la…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Celtic Sea · Bay of Biscay · France-west Coast
  7. HYDROLANT 68/172017-01-07 → 2017-01-25
    21 foot M/V delmi, white and blue hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 23-04N 083-37W
    Gulf of Mexico · Cuba
  8. HYDROPAC 74/172017-01-07 → 2017-01-08
    F/V dna 90307-TS, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 16-25N 110-32E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 73/172017-01-07 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received from vessel bmc carol on 406 mhz in 09-32.6N 113-36.7E at 062333Z jan
    South China Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 72/172017-01-06 → 2017-01-07
    60.96 ton F/V shian-yon NO.6, 10 persons on board, flooding due to collision in 19-28N 129-36E at 061915Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Land
  11. HYDROPAC 69/172017-01-06 → 2017-01-25
    Vessel horizon, two persons on board, unreported galle (06-01.8N 080-13.0E) to djibouti (11-36.1N 042-45.5E)
    Arabian Sea · Gulf of Aden · Sri Lanka To Djibouti
  12. HYDROPAC 65/172017-01-06 → 2017-01-07
    F/V kh 90971 ts, eight persons on board, sinking in 12-40N 109-50E at 061100Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  13. HYDROPAC 59/172017-01-06 → 2017-01-08
    F/V unreported
    Andaman Sea · Indonesia
  14. HYDROLANT 52/172017-01-06 → 2017-01-07
    Vessel, unreported sarfannguit (66-53-50N 052-51-40W) to sisimiut (66-56-20N 053-40-20W)
    Davis Strait · Greenland
  15. HYDROPAC 54/172017-01-06 → 2017-01-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 33-46.3N 127-15.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  16. HYDROPAC 53/172017-01-06 → 2017-01-25
    F/V bth 96472-TS, nine persons on board, sinking in 07-56.5N 104-50.5E
    South China Sea · Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  17. HYDROPAC 52/172017-01-06 → 2017-01-08
    F/V qng 97774-TS, ten persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-53N 109-10E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  18. HYDROPAC 44/172017-01-05 → 2017-01-25
    F/V lady gundy, four persons on board, in need of assistance in 57-18.48N 144-41.57W at 050833Z jan
    Gulf of Alaska · Eastern North Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 42/172017-01-05 → 2017-01-05
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4049/16 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  20. HYDROLANT 41/172017-01-04 → 2017-01-25
    Vessel on fire vicinity 45-39N 023-14W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  21. HYDROLANT 40/172017-01-04 → 2017-01-25
    Canoe, yellow hull, unreported kelibia (36-50.1N 011-06.3E) to pantelleria (36-47.0N 011-59.2E)
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily
  22. HYDROPAC 34/172017-01-04 → 2017-01-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 25/17 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Java Sea · Malaysia To Indonesia
  23. HYDROPAC 31/172017-01-04 → 2017-01-25
    F/V bt 95742TS sank in 09-10N 106-45E on 28 dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  24. HYDROPAC 29/172017-01-04 → 2017-01-15
    Man overboard from M/V cscl america vicinity of trackline between 15-11.4S 067-34.9E at 031400Z jan and…
    Indian Ocean
  25. HYDROPAC 25/172017-01-04 → 2017-01-04
    M/V tiga putri, six persons on board, unreported kota baru (06-08N 102-15E) to samber gelap (04-04S 116-06E)
    South China Sea · Java Sea · Malaysia To Indonesia
  26. HYDROPAC 24/172017-01-04 → 2017-01-04
    11.5 meter vessel, blue and green hull, six persons on board, overdue mussau (01-25.73S 149-37.53E) to…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  27. HYDROLANT 32/172017-01-03 → 2017-01-03
    Vessel trekker II, eight persons on board, disabled and crew abandoning ship in 30-09.10S 010-12.14E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  28. HYDROLANT 28/172017-01-03 → 2017-01-03
    Vessel trekker II, eight persons on board, disabled due to sheared rudder pin in 30-13-00S 010-16-28E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 26/172017-01-03 → 2017-01-25
    Numerous persons overboard from vessel capsized and adrift in 33-10N 012-57E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  30. HYDROPAC 16/172017-01-03 → 2017-01-05
    F/V na 90202-TS, eight persons on board, disabled and anchored in 19-07N 106-49E at 030245Z jan
    Golf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  31. HYDROLANT 24/172017-01-03 → 2017-01-25
    Man overboard from F/V giacoma maria, vessel also sinking vicinity 35-28N 012-38E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Lampedusa
  32. HYDROLANT 22/172017-01-02 → 2017-01-25
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 32-53N 014-05E at 021304Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  33. HYDROPAC 11/172017-01-02 → 2017-01-04
    F/V na 90689 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and anchored in 18-30N 106-40E at 311200Z dec 16
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  34. HYDROPAC 10/172017-01-02 → 2017-01-03
    F/V bv 90809-TS, two person on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  35. HYDROPAC 9/172017-01-02 → 2017-01-03
    F/V qna 95979-TS, six persons on board, disabled due to engine failure and taking on water in 17-05N 108-17E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  36. HYDROLANT 20/172017-01-02 → 2017-01-25
    Vessel, 150 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-34N 013-12E at 020400Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  37. HYDROPAC 4/172017-01-01 → 2017-01-25
    Distress signal received from M/V HAIYANG4 on 406 mhz in 14-15-80N 111-41-22E at 312311Z dec
    South China Sea
  38. HYDROPAC 1/172017-01-01 → 2017-01-01
    Distress signal received from M/V HAITANG4 on 406 mhz in 14-15-48N 111-41-13E at 312311Z dec
    South China Sea

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