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 619/182018-02-21 → 2018-03-09
    Distress signal received from vessel, white and blue hull, six persons on board, in vicinity of 37-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily
  2. HYDROPAC 711/182018-02-21 → 2018-02-22
    F/V na 99979 ts, 16 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-40N 106-31E at 200900Z feb
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  3. HYDROPAC 709/182018-02-21 → 2018-02-23
    11 meter vessel, 20 persons on board, disabled and adrift between cape cretin (06-40S 147-50E) and cape…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  4. HYDROPAC 706/182018-02-21 → 2018-02-21
    F/V na 99799 ts, 16 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-40N 106-31E at 200900Z feb
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  5. HYDROPAC 705/182018-02-21 → 2018-02-21
    F/V na 95678 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 18-20N 106-26E at 200800Z…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  6. HYDROPAC 704/182018-02-21 → 2018-03-02
    F/V bd 95238 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-47N 116-20E at…
    South China Sea
  7. HYDROPAC 703/182018-02-21 → 2018-03-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from min lian yu 61943 at 210131Z feb in 25-58.23N 122-11.39E
    East China Sea · Taiwan
  8. HYDROPAC 690/182018-02-20 → 2018-02-21
    11 meter vessel, 20 persons on board, disabled and adrift between tuam island (05-57-11S 148-01-42E) and…
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  9. HYDROPAC 689/182018-02-20 → 2018-02-23
    Man overboard from vessel between 29-13.8S 153-41.2E and 29-27.4S 153-22.4E at 200345Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 685/182018-02-20 → 2018-02-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 638/18 and this msg, persons rescued
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  11. HYDROPAC 680/182018-02-19 → 2018-03-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-06N 067-09E
    Arabian Sea
  12. HYDROLANT 602/182018-02-19 → 2018-03-09
    35 foot S/V vagabond six, yellow hull, two persons on board, overdue lanzarote (29-02N 013-37W) to…
    North Atlantic · Eastern Caribbean Sea · Canary Islands To Martinique
  13. HYDROPAC 679/182018-02-19 → 2018-03-09
    Man overboard from M/V golsar in 19-38.4N 061-59.6E at 191030Z feb
    Arabian Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 678/182018-02-19 → 2018-03-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-14.20N 122-58.33W
    Eastern North Pacific
  15. HYDROPAC 676/182018-02-19 → 2018-02-20
    Vessel, nine persons on board, overdue tanga island (03-27S 153-12E) to lihir island (03-10S 152-40E)
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  16. HYDROPAC 670/182018-02-19 → 2018-02-20
    10 meter vessel wayfarer, white hull, overdue
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  17. HYDROLANT 594/182018-02-19 → 2018-03-09
    Vessel, 115 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 32-56N 012-11E at 190705Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  18. HYDROLANT 593/182018-02-19 → 2018-03-09
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-12N 012-46E at 190645Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  19. HYDROLANT 592/182018-02-19 → 2018-03-09
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance between zuwara (32-56N 012-05E) and 33-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  20. HYDROLANT 591/182018-02-19 → 2018-03-09
    Vessel, 70 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 37-00N 012-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Strait of Sicily
  21. HYDROPAC 666/182018-02-18 → 2018-02-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-17.9N 116-10.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROLANT 587/182018-02-18 → 2018-03-09
    Vessel, blue, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-26N 012-00E at 181200Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  23. HYDROLANT 585/182018-02-18 → 2018-03-09
    Vessel, 135 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-11N 014-24E at 180705Z feb
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  24. HYDROPAC 661/182018-02-18 → 2018-03-09
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 180622Z feb in: a. 32-33-50N 121-02-34E
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea · China
  25. HYDROPAC 659/182018-02-17 → 2018-02-17
    Cancel HYDROPAC 575/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Makassar Strait · Celebes Sea · Indonesia
  26. HYDROPAC 656/182018-02-17 → 2018-02-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 20-42.9S 149-34.7E at 170817Z feb
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  27. HYDROPAC 654/182018-02-16 → 2018-03-03
    Distress signal received in 03-49N 104-20E at 162101Z feb
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  28. HYDROPAC 653/182018-02-16 → 2018-03-03
    Distress signal received in 01-15.6N 104-27.0E at 161922Z feb
    Singapore Strait · Indonesia
  29. HYDROPAC 651/182018-02-16 → 2018-03-03
    Man overboard from M/V shandong hai sheng in vicinity 06-00N 110-00E
    South China Sea
  30. HYDROLANT 573/182018-02-16 → 2018-03-03
    Man overboard from M/V grande abidjan in 34-59N 011-11W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  31. HYDROLANT 572/182018-02-16 → 2018-02-18
    16 meter S/V crilu, white hull, two persons on board
    Western South Atlantic
  32. HYDROPAC 639/182018-02-16 → 2018-02-16
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 10-30N 115-15W
    Eastern North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 638/182018-02-16 → 2018-02-20
    19 foot vessel, white and grey hull, three persons on board, overdue
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  34. HYDROLANT 564/182018-02-16 → 2018-02-16
    16 meter S/V crilu, white hull, two persons on board
    Western South Atlantic
  35. HYDROPAC 637/182018-02-16 → 2018-02-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 600/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Philippine Sea · Indonesia
  36. HYDROLANT 561/182018-02-16 → 2018-03-03
    S/V, two persons on board, overdue dominica (15-25N 061-20W)
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Dominica
  37. HYDROPAC 635/182018-02-15 → 2018-03-03
    30 foot vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in 13-35N 103-05W
    Eastern North Pacific
  38. HYDROPAC 634/182018-02-15 → 2018-03-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-08.2N 110-47.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  39. HYDROPAC 633/182018-02-15 → 2018-02-16
    19 foot F/V, three persons on board, overdue in vicinity chuuk (07-27.0N 151-51.0E)
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  40. NAVAREA IV 137/182018-02-15 → 2018-03-03
    M/V paxiship reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 13-51N 042-20W at 151600Z feb
    North Atlantic
  41. HYDROPAC 632/182018-02-15 → 2018-03-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V tritrust in 14-36.4N 114-29.6E
    South China Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 626/182018-02-15 → 2018-02-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 566/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western South Pacific · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  43. HYDROPAC 625/182018-02-15 → 2018-02-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 590/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  44. HYDROLANT 550/182018-02-15 → 2018-02-15
    S/V crilu unreported
    Western South Atlantic
  45. HYDROLANT 547/182018-02-15 → 2018-03-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-27.13N 080-18.86W at 150358Z feb
    Western Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  46. HYDROPAC 621/182018-02-15 → 2018-03-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-00N 119-45W
    Eastern North Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 620/182018-02-15 → 2018-03-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-33-42N 123-06-30E at 142248Z feb
    East China Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 619/182018-02-15 → 2018-02-25
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, three persons on board, overdue kala bay (10-39.4S 166-03.7E) to reefs…
    Coral Sea · Solomon Islands
  49. HYDROPAC 618/182018-02-14 → 2018-02-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 617/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 617/182018-02-14 → 2018-02-14
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz from zhe jao yu 60081 at 142148Z feb in: a. 24-38-06N 144-13-33E
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea

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