Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2018

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 2018
2,031
still in force
0
vs 2017
-7%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,367
  • HYDROLANT591
  • NAVAREA IV41
  • NAVAREA XII22
  • HYDROARC10

Where · top seas

South China Sea38628%
North Pacific Ocean27119%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin19514%
North Atlantic Ocean16112%
South Pacific Ocean755%
South Atlantic Ocean745%
Caribbean Sea624%
Indian Ocean624%
Philippine Sea604%
Coral Sea483%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2018 · 2,031

  1. HYDROPAC 3335/182018-09-14 → 2018-09-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3316/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Bali Sea · Indonesia
  2. HYDROPAC 3334/182018-09-14 → 2018-09-15
    M/V dzathan, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 04-00S 129-00E at…
    Banda Sea · Indonesia
  3. HYDROLANT 2900/182018-09-13 → 2018-09-13
    Cancel HYDROLANT 2896/18 and this msg, search suspended
    North Atlantic
  4. HYDROLANT 2896/182018-09-13 → 2018-09-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in area within three miles of 29-21N 040-31W
    North Atlantic
  5. HYDROLANT 2891/182018-09-13 → 2018-09-28
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, overdue agadir (30-26N 009-36W) to canary islands (28-00N 016-00W)
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco To Canary Islands
  6. HYDROPAC 3329/182018-09-13 → 2018-09-14
    F/V na 97175TS, 17 persons on board, disabled and anchored in 18-10N 107-28E at 121800Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  7. HYDROPAC 3326/182018-09-12 → 2018-09-17
    Persons overboard from F/V malidu putha capsized and adrift in 05-55N 079-46E
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  8. HYDROPAC 3324/182018-09-12 → 2018-09-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V bina OCEAN6 in 02-45.6N 106-44.5E at 122140Z sep
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  9. HYDROLANT 2884/182018-09-12 → 2018-09-13
    Search and rescue operations in progress until 122359Z sep in area bound by 38-22-53N 26-09-00E, 38-20-38N…
    Aegean Sea
  10. HYDROLANT 2882/182018-09-12 → 2018-09-12
    Search and rescue operations in progress until 122359Z sep in area within three miles of 38-20N 026-09E
    Aegean Sea
  11. HYDROPAC 3316/182018-09-12 → 2018-09-14
    Three persons missing from vessel in vicinity sapudi islands (07-07-14S 114-19-59E)
    Bali Sea · Indonesia
  12. HYDROPAC 3314/182018-09-12 → 2018-09-12
    F/V bd 97953TS, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 11-06N 112-18E at 120052Z sep
    South China Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 3312/182018-09-11 → 2018-09-28
    Man overboard from M/V wisdom grace in 22-15.8N 115-02.0E at 101500Z sep
    South China Sea · China
  14. HYDROLANT 2872/182018-09-11 → 2018-09-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 45-27.8N 008-39.2W at 111243Z sep
    Eastern North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 2870/182018-09-10 → 2019-01-04
    40 foot S/V vanghanderlust, four person on board, overdue lisbon (38-46N 09-09W) to nassau (25-04N 077-20W)
    North Atlantic · Portugal To Bahamas
  16. HYDROPAC 3305/182018-09-10 → 2018-09-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3293/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  17. HYDROPAC 3303/182018-09-10 → 2018-09-28
    Distress signal received in vicinity 00-44.6N 107-05.6E at 100219Z sep
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  18. HYDROPAC 3301/182018-09-10 → 2018-09-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3300/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Pacific
  19. HYDROLANT 2863/182018-09-09 → 2018-09-28
    Aircraft ditched in 25-44N 077-52W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  20. HYDROPAC 3300/182018-09-09 → 2018-09-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-25.1N 130-01.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  21. HYDROPAC 3298/182018-09-09 → 2018-09-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-17-56N 119-45-53E at 090941Z sep
    Taiwan Strait · China
  22. HYDROPAC 3297/182018-09-09 → 2018-09-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz at 090726Z sep in: a. 28-38-56N 134-57-50E
    Philippine Sea · East China Sea · Taiwan Strait · China
  23. HYDROPAC 3293/182018-09-09 → 2018-09-10
    12 meter vessel, blue and white hull, four persons on board, disabled due to engine failure in area within…
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  24. HYDROLANT 2859/182018-09-09 → 2018-09-28
    F/V pirogue, three persons on board, disabled and adrift between saint lucia (14-05N 060-57W) and dominica…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia To Dominica
  25. HYDROPAC 3289/182018-09-08 → 2018-09-09
    Distress signal received in 01-21S 128-10W at 081515Z sep
    Eastern South Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 3287/182018-09-08 → 2018-09-28
    12 meter S/V esploristo, white hull with blue stripe, four persons on board, overdue marquesas islands…
    South Pacific
  27. HYDROPAC 3284/182018-09-08 → 2018-09-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3273/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  28. HYDROLANT 2853/182018-09-07 → 2018-09-24
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice by M/V seabed constructor in area bound by…
    Western South Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 2850/182018-09-07 → 2018-09-10
    Derelict vessel adrift and sinking in vicinity 12-27.7N 017-00.5W at 071750Z sep
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  30. HYDROLANT 2848/182018-09-07 → 2018-09-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 44-30N 049-30W
    Western North Atlantic
  31. NAVAREA XII 378/182018-09-07 → 2018-09-11
    Distress signal received from vessel in 53-02.4N 158-36.86W
    Eastern North Pacific
  32. HYDROPAC 3279/182018-09-07 → 2018-09-21
    F/V nt 91211 ts, seven persons onboard, adrift in 10-13.00N 108-14.00E at 070200Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  33. HYDROLANT 2838/182018-09-07 → 2018-09-21
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, overdue cape bojador (26-08N 014-30W) to canary islands (28-00N 016-00W)
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara To Canary Islands
  34. HYDROPAC 3273/182018-09-07 → 2018-09-08
    Vessel, six persons on board, taking on water in vicinity between port kembla (34-28S 150-54E) and 35-00S…
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  35. HYDROPAC 3272/182018-09-07 → 2018-09-08
    F/V dna 90397TS, eight persons on board, disabled and anchored in 18-12N 108-13E at 062200Z sep
    South China Sea · China
  36. HYDROPAC 3268/182018-09-06 → 2018-09-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-41.2N 167-16.5E at 061433Z sep
    North Pacific
  37. HYDROPAC 3263/182018-09-06 → 2018-09-21
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 060621Z sep in: a. 26-13-05N 123-15-48E
    North Pacific · East China Sea
  38. HYDROPAC 3262/182018-09-06 → 2018-09-21
    Man overboard from F/V bt 92600TS in vicinity 06-45N 105-55E at 052200Z sep
    South China Sea
  39. HYDROPAC 3261/182018-09-06 → 2018-09-09
    Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity 36-17-43N 171-39-40E
    North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 3260/182018-09-06 → 2018-09-21
    F/V kh 99829 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 08-37N 111-41E at 052230Z…
    South China Sea
  41. HYDROPAC 3258/182018-09-05 → 2018-09-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-06.5N 107-59.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 3253/182018-09-05 → 2018-09-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 10-54.9N 120-03.4W
    Eastern North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 3250/182018-09-05 → 2018-09-05
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3248/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    East China Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 3248/182018-09-05 → 2018-09-05
    Distress signal received from vessel ocean topaz in 31-40N 126-59E at 042347Z sep
    East China Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 3247/182018-09-04 → 2018-09-21
    F/V bd 97496 ts, 15 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-08N 109-44E at 040400Z…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  46. HYDROLANT 2819/182018-09-04 → 2018-09-04
    Cancel HYDROLANT 2818/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Atlantic · New York
  47. HYDROLANT 2818/182018-09-04 → 2018-09-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 31 foot vessel, blue hull, four persons on board, in 40-26.6N…
    Western North Atlantic · New York
  48. HYDROPAC 3242/182018-09-04 → 2018-09-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel coureur de bois II in 13-00.4S 172-14.0W
    South Pacific · Samoa
  49. HYDROPAC 3239/182018-09-03 → 2018-09-03
    Distress signal received in 24-54S 172-36W
    South Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 3238/182018-09-03 → 2018-09-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-59.3N 074-10.1E at 031439Z sep
    Arabian Sea · Lakshadweep

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