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. HYDROLANT 1646/182018-05-25 → 2018-06-08
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-07N 013-53E at 250805Z may
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  2. HYDROLANT 1639/182018-05-25 → 2018-06-08
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-08N 014-07E at 250700Z may
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  3. HYDROLANT 1638/182018-05-25 → 2018-06-08
    Vessel, 130 persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-03N 013-41E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  4. HYDROPAC 1975/182018-05-25 → 2018-05-25
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with yellow stripe, two persons on board, overdue lihir (03-06.65S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  5. HYDROLANT 1637/182018-05-25 → 2018-06-08
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, in need of assistance in 32-57N 014-10E at 250600Z may
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  6. HYDROLANT 1635/182018-05-24 → 2018-06-08
    11 meter S/V avel thomm, white hull, three persons on board, overdue cape verde (14-55.00N 023-31.00W) to…
    North Atlantic · Cape Verde To French Guiana
  7. HYDROLANT 1628/182018-05-24 → 2018-06-08
    Vessel, 300 persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-13N 014-03E at 240905Z may
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  8. HYDROLANT 1626/182018-05-24 → 2018-06-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V kapalai, two persons on board, loss of steering and taking on…
    Western North Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 1625/182018-05-24 → 2018-06-08
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-13N 011-50E at 240623Z may
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  10. HYDROLANT 1622/182018-05-24 → 2018-05-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V kapalai, two persons on board, loss of steering and taking on…
    Western North Atlantic
  11. HYDROPAC 1964/182018-05-24 → 2018-05-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-45.07S 131-08.00W
    Eastern South Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 1961/182018-05-23 → 2018-06-08
    Distress signal received in 26-00.53N 123-15.67E at 231908Z may
    East China Sea · Japan
  13. HYDROLANT 1614/182018-05-23 → 2018-06-08
    Man overboard from S/V aris in 38-57N 005-43.3E at 231100Z may
    Western Mediterranean Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 1954/182018-05-23 → 2018-06-08
    Possible man overboard from F/V bt 96167TS in vicinity 08-42N 104-20E at 212050Z may
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  15. HYDROPAC 1953/182018-05-23 → 2018-06-08
    M/V ikhlas jaya 02 sank in vicinity 09-00S 138-00E at 220500Z may
    Arafura Sea · Indonesia
  16. HYDROPAC 1951/182018-05-23 → 2018-05-23
    F/V tth 96129TS reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 17-23N 107-57E at 230400Z may
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  17. HYDROLANT 1608/182018-05-23 → 2018-06-08
    19 feet F/V papa fish, green and white hull, two person on board, overdue loubiere (15-16-46N 061-22-28W) to…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Dominica
  18. HYDROPAC 1946/182018-05-22 → 2018-06-08
    M/V prosperity reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 10-23.10S 72-06.19E
    Indian Ocean
  19. HYDROLANT 1605/182018-05-22 → 2018-06-08
    Man overboard in 25-29.8N 083-14W
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida
  20. HYDROPAC 1942/182018-05-22 → 2018-05-28
    F/V minatama khatulistiwa, green hull, 11 persons on board, unreported, last known position in 09-58.18S…
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  21. HYDROPAC 1932/182018-05-21 → 2018-05-30
    Man overboard from F/V bd 94090 ts in 10-04.43N 109-01.50E at 182100Z may
    South China Sea
  22. HYDROLANT 1588/182018-05-21 → 2018-05-24
    S/V nu-ni-i adrift and sinking in 17-54.1N 063-28.2W
    Caribbean Sea · Saint Martin
  23. HYDROPAC 1928/182018-05-21 → 2018-05-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1853/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  24. HYDROLANT 1584/182018-05-20 → 2018-06-08
    10 meter M/V locina, white hull, two persons on board, overdue scarlino (42-54N 10-51E) and return
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Italy
  25. HYDROPAC 1925/182018-05-20 → 2018-05-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-06.4N 148-17.7E at 201949Z may
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  26. HYDROLANT 1581/182018-05-20 → 2018-06-08
    13 meter S/V bahia 1, white hull, four persons on board, overdue in vicinity 21-00N 081-00W
    Western Caribbean Sea · Cuba
  27. HYDROLANT 1580/182018-05-20 → 2018-06-08
    Straits of florida
    Western North Atlantic
  28. HYDROPAC 1919/182018-05-19 → 2018-05-25
    M/V usaha baru unreported kisar island (08-04S 127-11E) to serwaru island (08-09S 127-41E) at 121300Z may
    Banda Sea · Indonesia
  29. HYDROPAC 1918/182018-05-19 → 2018-05-22
    Derelict 16 foot M/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 35-15.98S 174-38.90E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  30. HYDROLANT 1574/182018-05-19 → 2018-06-08
    Man overboard from M/V seahero in vicinity of trackline between 13-14S 009-54E and 16-43S 010-37E
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  31. HYDROPAC 1916/182018-05-19 → 2018-05-25
    Man overboard from M/V sun princess in 00-37N 105-46E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  32. HYDROPAC 1914/182018-05-19 → 2018-05-21
    Tug probhat shobha, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-13.04N 110-09.38E
    South China Sea
  33. HYDROLANT 1570/182018-05-19 → 2018-06-08
    38 foot S/V haji, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 23-12.37N 061-06.93W
    Western North Atlantic
  34. HYDROPAC 1912/182018-05-19 → 2018-06-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-50N 156-37E at 190046Z may
    Western North Pacific
  35. HYDROLANT 1566/182018-05-18 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 44 foot S/V endless love, in 18-02.6N 060-50.8W at 181931Z may
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Antigua and Barbuda
  36. HYDROLANT 1564/182018-05-18 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-59.4N 049-47.9W
    Western North Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 1563/182018-05-18 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received from 24 foot S/V manui, white hull, one person on board, in 18-22.6N 063-28.8W at…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Anguilla
  38. HYDROLANT 1552/182018-05-18 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 27-50.7N 089-18.6W at 181002Z may
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  39. HYDROPAC 1899/182018-05-18 → 2018-05-21
    44 foot S/V helen margaret, white hull with black strip, one person on board, overdue from PANAMA(08-13N…
    Eastern North Pacific
  40. HYDROLANT 1549/182018-05-17 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received from S/V erich in 33-34.4N 012-49.8W at 172230Z may
    Eastern North Atlantic
  41. HYDROPAC 1892/182018-05-17 → 2018-06-01
    F/V th 91384 ts, six persons on board, disabled and anchored in 19-44N 106-25E
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  42. HYDROLANT 1547/182018-05-17 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-46.5N 053-56.7W
    Western North Atlantic
  43. HYDROLANT 1537/182018-05-16 → 2018-05-30
    F/V peteleco sank in 23-55.41S 045-27.08W on 15 may
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  44. HYDROLANT 1536/182018-05-16 → 2018-06-01
    S/V son koz 2 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 29-22N 053-33W at 161703Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  45. HYDROPAC 1879/182018-05-16 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received in 26-08.19N 123-25.24E at 161506Z may
    East China Sea
  46. HYDROLANT 1533/182018-05-16 → 2018-06-01
    Man overboard from F/V baye sene in 15-54N 017-22W at 151900Z may
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  47. HYDROPAC 1877/182018-05-16 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received from vessel sealink 161 in 05-24.6N 105-21.3E at 161255Z may
    South China Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 1876/182018-05-16 → 2018-05-16
    Distress signal received from vessel sealink 161 in 05-37.6N 105-00.4E at 161217Z may
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  49. HYDROPAC 1875/182018-05-16 → 2018-06-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-39N 154-38E at 161112Z may
    Western North Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 1873/182018-05-16 → 2018-05-17
    F/V na 91927 ts, 18 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to propeller failure in 19-43N 107-42E at…
    Gulf of Tonkin

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