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

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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 2564/182018-07-13 → 2018-07-27
    Man overboard from F/V bv 97649 ts in 09-30N 107-01E at 121200Z jul
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  2. HYDROPAC 2562/182018-07-13 → 2018-07-27
    Vessel, one person on board, taking on water in 40-56.5S 147-09.3E
    Bass Strait · Tasmania
  3. HYDROPAC 2561/182018-07-13 → 2018-07-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 12-01.3S 130-40.7E at 130321Z jul
    Timor Sea · Australia-north Coast
  4. HYDROPAC 2560/182018-07-13 → 2018-07-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2559/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Philippine Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 2559/182018-07-13 → 2018-07-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel hui shun in 17-38-49N 142-53-34E at 130046Z jul
    Philippine Sea
  6. NAVAREA IV 556/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    Uscg remote communication facility new orleans (g) 29-53.1N 089-56.7W unable to transmit and receive…
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  7. HYDROLANT 2274/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-12
    Cancel HYDROLANT 2258/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Atlantic
  8. HYDROLANT 2273/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    18 meter F/V sank in 16-49.41N 063-04.31W at 121420Z jul
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · St · Kitts and Nevis
  9. HYDROPAC 2551/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received in 07-59.9N 109-17.8E at 121257Z jul
    South China Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 2550/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 33-42.7S 151-26.5E at 121345Z jul
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  11. HYDROLANT 2271/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 27-10.4N 084-03.4W
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida
  12. NAVAREA IV 554/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-12
    Cancel NAVAREA IV 552/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Atlantic
  13. NAVAREA IV 553/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received from F/V faith in vicinity 18-44.82N 080-09.22W
    Western Caribbean Sea · Cayman Islands
  14. NAVAREA IV 552/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V harbour pioneer in 42-30.0N 066-36.5W at 121021Z jul
    Western North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 2263/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-50S 042-52W on 12 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 2548/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    Man overboard from F/V cm 92116 ts in 07-50N 103-40E at 091800Z jul
    Gulf of Thailand
  17. HYDROLANT 2260/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    F/V dorneda sank in 45-01S 060-04W
    Western South Atlantic
  18. HYDROPAC 2547/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 120104Z jul in: a. 28-09-25N 135-05-13E
    Philippine Sea · East China Sea
  19. HYDROLANT 2259/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-27
    Vessel, 11 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 39-00N 009-00E
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Tyrrhenian Sea · Sardinia
  20. HYDROLANT 2258/182018-07-12 → 2018-07-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V gan triumph in 38-27.4N 064-49.1W at 112243Z jul
    Western North Atlantic
  21. HYDROLANT 2255/182018-07-11 → 2018-07-11
    Cancel HYDROLANT 2251/18 and this msg, persons rescued
    Eastern North Atlantic
  22. HYDROLANT 2252/182018-07-11 → 2018-07-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V dorneda in 45-01.32S 060-04.80W
    Western South Atlantic
  23. HYDROLANT 2251/182018-07-11 → 2018-07-11
    Distress signal received from S/V florence on 406 mhz in 31-01.2N 014-02.2W at 111246Z jul
    Eastern North Atlantic
  24. HYDROPAC 2539/182018-07-11 → 2018-07-12
    F/V py 95139TS, seven persons on board, taking on water in vicinity 07-24N 109-55E at 110700Z jul
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 2538/182018-07-11 → 2018-07-12
    F/V dna 92666TS, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 17-20N 107-23E at 110400Z jul
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  26. NAVAREA IV 547/182018-07-11 → 2018-07-11
    Vessel, two persons on board, unreported kuummiut (65-51-55N 037-00-30W) to tasiilaq (65-36-49N 037-37-52W)…
    North Atlantic · Greenland
  27. HYDROPAC 2537/182018-07-11 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received in vicinity 03-49N 103-17E at 110201Z jul
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  28. HYDROPAC 2536/182018-07-11 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received in vicinity 05-19N 107-02E at 110435Z jul
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  29. HYDROPAC 2529/182018-07-10 → 2018-07-11
    Distress signal received on 406.0 mhz in vicinity 37-17.0S 173-50.6E
    Tasman Sea · New Zealand
  30. NAVAREA IV 545/182018-07-10 → 2018-07-27
    Vessel coral dream unreported
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  31. HYDROPAC 2524/182018-07-10 → 2018-07-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2521/18 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 2521/182018-07-10 → 2018-07-10
    F/V kg 91321TS, nine persons onboard, sank in 07-55N 105-15E at 100430Z jul
    South China Sea
  33. HYDROPAC 2519/182018-07-10 → 2018-07-27
    F/V fukue maru, one person on board, unreported
    Philippine Sea
  34. HYDROLANT 2235/182018-07-09 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-30N 041-30W at 092201Z jul
    North Atlantic
  35. HYDROPAC 2514/182018-07-09 → 2018-07-11
    F/V qna 95569-TS, ten persons on board, requesting assistance in 16-47N 107-59E at 092115Z jul
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  36. HYDROLANT 2233/182018-07-09 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz at 091547Z jul in: a. 28-08.0N 093-20.2W
    Gulf of Mexico · Texas
  37. HYDROPAC 2513/182018-07-09 → 2018-07-25
    Man overboard from F/V cm 91507 ts in 08-36N 106-15E at 081900Z jul
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  38. HYDROPAC 2512/182018-07-09 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-02-27N 155-38-59E at 091143Z
    Western North Pacific
  39. HYDROPAC 2506/182018-07-09 → 2018-07-27
    Distress signal received in vicinity 24-00N 155-00W at 090547Z jul by S/V chasch mer
    Eastern North Pacific · Hawaii
  40. HYDROPAC 2505/182018-07-09 → 2018-07-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2480/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Jawa Sea · Indonesia
  41. HYDROPAC 2501/182018-07-09 → 2018-07-27
    M/V an phu 868, taking on water in 10-29.5N 107-49.6E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  42. HYDROPAC 2500/182018-07-08 → 2018-07-27
    16 meter F/V maria antronita, 24 persons on board, taking on water in 13-03.23N 116-27.23W
    Eastern North Pacific
  43. HYDROLANT 2222/182018-07-08 → 2018-07-27
    S/V capsized and adrift in vicinity great inagua (21-03-45N 073-25-28W)
    Western North Atlantic · Old Bahama Channel · Bahamas
  44. HYDROPAC 2496/182018-07-08 → 2018-07-27
    Man overboard from M/V coral amber in 21-58N 116-51E at 071000Z jul
    South China Sea · China
  45. HYDROLANT 2212/182018-07-08 → 2018-07-27
    11 meter S/V gypsy II, white hull, three persons on board, unreported imbituba (28-09.4S 048-40.2W) to mar…
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil To Argentina
  46. HYDROPAC 2493/182018-07-07 → 2018-07-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-05.0N 149-56.3W at 071913Z jul
    Eastern North Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 2491/182018-07-07 → 2018-07-27
    Man overboard from F/V bt 97760 ts in 07-40N 103-40E at 052000Z jul
    South China Sea · Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  48. HYDROPAC 2489/182018-07-07 → 2018-07-09
    F/V bd 91079-TS reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 15-27N 114-32E at 060600Z jul
    South China Sea
  49. HYDROLANT 2205/182018-07-07 → 2018-07-27
    F/V el hasan 2, blue hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  50. HYDROPAC 2483/182018-07-06 → 2018-07-06
    Distress signal received from F/V shoalhaven in 36-35.9S 150-02.5E at 062015Z jul
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast

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