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. HYDROLANT 2591/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-31
    Vessel, 150 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity al khoms (32-39-27N 14-16-18E) at 112000Z…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  2. HYDROLANT 2588/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-13
    Cancel HYDROLANT 2584/18 and this msg, vessel found safe
    Gulf of Guinea · Sao Tome and Principe
  3. HYDROLANT 2587/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-35.1N 065-03.1W at 131403Z aug
    Western North Atlantic
  4. HYDROLANT 2584/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V mon ami in 01-01.14N 007-11.82E at 130835Z aug
    Gulf of Guinea · Sao Tome and Principe
  5. HYDROARC 181/182018-08-13 → 2018-09-07
    M/V national geographic explorer, overdue in vicinity of dundas harbor (74-31N 082-23W)
    Lancaster Sound · Canada
  6. HYDROPAC 2958/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-31.6N 129-08.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 2956/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-39.9N 169-23.9E at 131007Z aug
    North Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 2952/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-21.7N 141-06.6E at 130746Z aug
    Philippine Sea · Western North Pacific
  9. HYDROPAC 2951/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-31
    48 foot F/V lanka matha 01, yellow and white hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Southwestern Indian Ocean
  10. HYDROPAC 2948/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-31
    Vessel karios, yellow hull, 20 persons on board, unreported
    Molucca Sea · Indonesia
  11. HYDROPAC 2947/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-23
    F/V bv 98868TS, three persons on board, sank in 08-16N 107-12E at 081800Z aug
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  12. HYDROPAC 2946/182018-08-13 → 2018-08-13
    F/V bd 97696 ts, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-05N 114-37E at 130045Z…
    South China Sea
  13. HYDROLANT 2580/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-31
    Vessel, about 150 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 34-00N 014-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Lybia
  14. HYDROPAC 2943/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-22
    F/V qng 98217-TS, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 14-47N 112-03E at 100001Z aug
    South China Sea
  15. HYDROPAC 2942/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-24
    Distress signal received in 08-40.0N 138-08.2E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Micronesia
  16. NAVAREA XII 330/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06 15.5N 093 09.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 2938/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-14
    48 foot F/V sara 02, white and blue hull, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 10-44N 084-00E at…
    Bay of Bengal
  18. HYDROPAC 2935/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 29-34.80S 114-47.67E at 120353Z aug
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia-southwest Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 2933/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-31
    53 foot F/V al salah, white hull, ten persons onboard overdue brita island (11-33N 072-09E) on 07 aug
    Arabian Sea · India
  20. HYDROPAC 2932/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-15
    F/V bd 97490 ts, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-20N 113-10E at…
    South China Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 2931/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-12
    Distress signal received from M/V caysand on 406 mhz in vicinity 16-41.10S 146-13.90E at 120141Z aug
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  22. HYDROPAC 2930/182018-08-11 → 2018-08-21
    F/V bd 99234 ts, ten persons on board, flooding in 13-00N 113-54E at 112330Z aug
    South China Sea
  23. HYDROPAC 2929/182018-08-11 → 2018-08-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-08.2N 096-00.6W at 112107Z aug
    Eastern North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 2928/182018-08-11 → 2018-08-31
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in vicinity 48-00N 161-00E at 112118Z aug
    North Pacific
  25. HYDROPAC 2927/182018-08-11 → 2018-08-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-20N 131-23E at 110757Z aug
    Philippine Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 2925/182018-08-11 → 2018-08-31
    Man overboard from F/V tth 92456 ts in 17-23N 107-43E at 102130Z aug
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROPAC 2923/182018-08-11 → 2018-08-17
    F/V bd 95642 ts, three persons on board, taking on water in 10-33N 114-30E
    South China Sea
  28. HYDROPAC 2921/182018-08-11 → 2018-08-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel red barra in vicinity 17-58S 146-12E at 110511Z aug
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  29. HYDROLANT 2568/182018-08-11 → 2018-08-24
    Vessel, two persons on board, sinking in 31-19.1N 016-59.9W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Madeira
  30. HYDROPAC 2916/182018-08-10 → 2018-08-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2890/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Pacific · California To Hawaii
  31. HYDROPAC 2914/182018-08-10 → 2018-08-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2829/18 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  32. NAVAREA IV 643/182018-08-10 → 2018-08-24
    Vessel la fragata, two persons on board, unreported
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  33. HYDROPAC 2903/182018-08-10 → 2018-08-13
    F/V bv 98868TS, three persons on board, sank in 08-16N 107-12E at 081800Z aug
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  34. HYDROPAC 2902/182018-08-10 → 2018-08-24
    Man overboard from F/V kh 91350TS in 12-48N 109-34E at 091540Z aug
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  35. HYDROPAC 2899/182018-08-10 → 2018-08-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-02.2N 125-55.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 2898/182018-08-10 → 2018-08-24
    Man overboard from vessel in 09-20N 124-25E
    Bohol Sea · Philippines
  37. HYDROPAC 2897/182018-08-10 → 2018-08-24
    F/V bt 93904TS, two persons on board, sank in 09-05N 107-52E at 081050Z aug
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  38. HYDROLANT 2557/182018-08-09 → 2018-08-24
    Vessel, 12 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 37-00N 13-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily · Sicily
  39. HYDROPAC 2892/182018-08-09 → 2018-08-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-06.3N 145-04.7E at 090931Z aug
    Western North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 2890/182018-08-09 → 2018-08-10
    30 to 40 foot S/V overdue santa barbara (34-25N 119-42W)TO hawaii (18-55N 154-48W)
    Eastern North Pacific · California To Hawaii
  41. HYDROPAC 2887/182018-08-09 → 2018-08-24
    Man overboard from vessel in 08-29N 121-37E
    Sulu Sea · Philippines
  42. HYDROPAC 2886/182018-08-09 → 2018-08-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2854/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Northern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  43. HYDROPAC 2884/182018-08-09 → 2018-08-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2843/18 and this msg, persons rescued
    Flores Sea · Indonesia
  44. HYDROPAC 2882/182018-08-08 → 2018-08-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 31-45N 122-30W
    Eastern North Pacific
  45. HYDROPAC 2881/182018-08-08 → 2018-08-24
    F/V, one person on board, unreported
    Andaman Sea · Andaman Islands
  46. HYDROPAC 2877/182018-08-08 → 2018-08-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2874/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Philippine Sea · Japan
  47. HYDROPAC 2876/182018-08-08 → 2018-08-17
    F/V oceanic, 14 persons on board, capsized and adrift in 10-24N 075-38E at 070330Z aug
    Arabian Sea · India
  48. HYDROPAC 2874/182018-08-08 → 2018-08-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V min shi yu 07627 in 29-19-44N 140-32-52E at 080943Z aug
    Philippine Sea · Japan
  49. HYDROPAC 2872/182018-08-08 → 2018-08-08
    F/V oceanic capsized and adrift in 10-24N 075-38E at 062200Z aug
    Arabian Sea · India
  50. HYDROLANT 2540/182018-08-07 → 2018-08-24
    52 foot S/V crystal spray, green hull, overdue pensacola (30-16N 87-07W) to tampa (27-35N 82-41W) at 072030…
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida

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