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 749/182018-03-02 → 2018-03-16
    21 foot F/V emmanuel, two persons on board, white and pink hull, overdue saint lucia (13-54N 060-57W) to…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia To Saint Vincent
  2. HYDROPAC 821/182018-03-02 → 2018-03-03
    76 meter M/V phu son 10, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-23N 109-09E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  3. HYDROPAC 815/182018-03-02 → 2018-03-02
    Cancel HYDROPAC 803/18 and this msg, person rescued
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  4. HYDROLANT 723/182018-03-01 → 2018-03-16
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 55-08N 011-32W at 011713Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Ireland
  5. HYDROPAC 809/182018-03-01 → 2018-03-02
    Five meter vessel, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity yorke islands (09-44S 143-27E) at…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  6. HYDROPAC 803/182018-03-01 → 2018-03-02
    Man overboard from vessel km sabuk nusantara 39 in 02-58.4N 106-57.9E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  7. HYDROPAC 802/182018-03-01 → 2018-03-16
    F/V kh 90389 ts, four persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 801/182018-03-01 → 2018-03-01
    Cancel HYDROPAC 799/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Philippine Sea · East China Sea · China
  9. HYDROPAC 799/182018-03-01 → 2018-03-01
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 010118Z mar in: a. 27-32-05N 133-20-13E
    Philippine Sea · East China Sea · China
  10. HYDROPAC 791/182018-02-28 → 2018-03-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel hai soon I in 03-58.1N 107-54.8E at 281428Z feb
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  11. HYDROLANT 696/182018-02-28 → 2018-03-16
    Vessel, 60 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-16N 011-57E at 280837Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  12. HYDROPAC 789/182018-02-28 → 2018-03-14
    Man overboard from F/V bt 98859 ts in 08-05N 103-35E at 252200Z feb
    Gulf of Thailand
  13. HYDROPAC 788/182018-02-28 → 2018-02-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-48N 116-24W at 280157Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific
  14. HYDROLANT 691/182018-02-28 → 2018-03-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-32.9N 091-42.5W at 280005Z feb
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  15. HYDROLANT 690/182018-02-27 → 2018-03-16
    Vessel capsized and adrift in 17-53.34N 063-43.44W at 271630Z feb
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Netherlands Antilles
  16. HYDROPAC 786/182018-02-27 → 2018-03-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-57.2N 118-15.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 784/182018-02-27 → 2018-02-27
    Vessel jusmawati, blue hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 00-03-00S…
    Molucca Sea · Indonesia
  18. HYDROPAC 782/182018-02-27 → 2018-03-16
    40 foot F/V geeth baba 03, blue and white hull, reports crewman with head injury in 10-30N 068-07E at…
    Arabian Sea
  19. HYDROPAC 778/182018-02-27 → 2018-03-07
    9.6 meter M/V annaliese, white hull, one person on board, unreported herald cays (16-51S 149-30E) to honiara…
    Coral Sea · Solomon Sea · Australia To Solomon Islands
  20. HYDROPAC 776/182018-02-27 → 2018-03-05
    Man overboard from F/V bt 97796 ts in 08-33N 107-42E at 260900Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  21. HYDROLANT 672/182018-02-26 → 2018-03-03
    Search and rescue operations: a. by vessels towing equipment in area between 45-45S 46-05S and 059-48W 060-17W
    Western South Atlantic
  22. HYDROPAC 772/182018-02-26 → 2018-02-28
    F/V bd 95861 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-47N 115-14E at…
    South China Sea
  23. HYDROLANT 663/182018-02-26 → 2018-03-16
    Vessel taking on water in 25-28.34N 091-50.30W at 260402Z feb
    Gulf of Mexico
  24. HYDROLANT 661/182018-02-26 → 2018-03-16
    S/V serenity, six persons on board, disabled and preparing to abandon ship in 25-28.74N 078-09.50W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  25. HYDROPAC 767/182018-02-26 → 2018-02-27
    9.6 meter M/V annaliese, one person on board, unreported townsville (19-53S 146-49E) to honiara (09-25S…
    Coral Sea · Solomon Sea · Australia To Solomon Islands
  26. HYDROLANT 659/182018-02-26 → 2018-03-16
    Man overboard from vessel in 23-23.05S 044-37.88W on 25 feb
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  27. HYDROLANT 658/182018-02-25 → 2018-02-25
    Cancel HYDROLANT 657/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Eastern North Atlantic
  28. HYDROLANT 657/182018-02-25 → 2018-02-25
    Distress signal received from F/V le brodeliande in 45-10.19N 018-10.96W at 252130Z feb
    Eastern North Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 656/182018-02-25 → 2018-03-16
    Vessel, orange hull, 80 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-00N 013-00E on 25 feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  30. HYDROPAC 763/182018-02-25 → 2018-03-16
    Man overboard from vessel in 18-46N 105-46E at 240400Z feb
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  31. HYDROPAC 761/182018-02-24 → 2018-03-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-42.3N 130-00.1E at 241930Z feb
    Philippine Sea
  32. HYDROLANT 645/182018-02-24 → 2018-03-16
    18 meter M/V motor cat excellence, four person on board, unreported algeciras (36-08N 005-27W) to maspalomas…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Strait of Gibraltar · Spain To Canary Islands
  33. HYDROPAC 756/182018-02-24 → 2018-03-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-53-09N 133-57-28E at 241015Z feb
    Philippine Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 752/182018-02-24 → 2018-02-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 748/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Southeastern Indian Ocean · Australia-southwest Coast
  35. HYDROPAC 750/182018-02-24 → 2018-03-14
    Man overboard from F/V bt 95491 ts in 07-53N 107-02E at 232200Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  36. HYDROLANT 639/182018-02-23 → 2018-03-09
    Distress signal received in 06-20.00S 016-44.62W on 23 feb
    South Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 638/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Distress signal received from M/V iron fritz in 06-20.00S 016-44.62W on 23 feb
    South Atlantic
  38. HYDROPAC 748/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-24
    S/V finistere capsized and adrift in 32-33.40S 115-29.68E at 231625Z feb
    Southeastern Indian Ocean · Australia-southwest Coast
  39. HYDROPAC 747/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 36-46.86S 176-13.79E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  40. HYDROPAC 746/182018-02-23 → 2018-06-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-37.3N 100-43.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  41. HYDROPAC 738/182018-02-23 → 2018-03-09
    Vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout, assist if possible
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  42. HYDROPAC 736/182018-02-23 → 2018-03-09
    F/V capitan bismark unreported
    Eastern North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 735/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 689/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  44. HYDROPAC 734/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 732/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea · China
  45. HYDROLANT 633/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-06.73S 008-33.77E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  46. HYDROPAC 732/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 230045Z feb in: a. 28-20-49N 121-38-17E
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea · China
  47. HYDROPAC 731/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Distress signal received from M/V binh nguyen 86, eight persons on board, in 18-26.8N 107-35.1E at 222200Z feb
    Gulf of Tonkin · South China Sea · Vietnam
  48. HYDROLANT 626/182018-02-22 → 2018-03-09
    60 foot S/V gonnag itcha, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 15-19.6N 079-25.3W
    Western Caribbean Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 725/182018-02-22 → 2018-03-09
    F/V bd 95559 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-50N 116-20E at…
    South China Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 724/182018-02-22 → 2018-02-23
    F/V capitan bismark unreported to isla del coco (05-31-08N 087-04-18W) and return
    Eastern North Pacific · Costa Rica

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