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 3736/182018-10-13 → 2018-10-13
    F/V na 90988 ts, 18 persons on board, flooding in 19-02N 106-59E at 131100Z oct
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  2. HYDROPAC 3734/182018-10-13 → 2018-10-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 13-07.87S 130-05.27E at 122349Z oct
    Timor Sea · Australia-north Coast
  3. HYDROPAC 3732/182018-10-12 → 2018-10-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 110 meter M/V concord express in 17-08.4N 115-24.5E at 121339Z oct
    South China Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 3718/182018-10-12 → 2018-10-14
    F/V bd 95861 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 14-35N 110-07E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  5. HYDROPAC 3717/182018-10-12 → 2018-10-19
    F/V qng 95410 ts, 35 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 09-00N 115-50E at…
    South China Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 3709/182018-10-11 → 2018-10-26
    F/V ifb regobath and F/V ifb deiva karunyam, green hulls, unreported
    Arabian Sea
  7. HYDROPAC 3707/182018-10-11 → 2018-10-14
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 14-56N 110-44E at 110928Z oct
    South China Sea
  8. HYDROPAC 3703/182018-10-11 → 2018-10-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3673/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  9. HYDROPAC 3701/182018-10-11 → 2018-10-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3685/18 and this msg, person rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  10. HYDROPAC 3699/182018-10-11 → 2018-10-26
    Distress signal received in vicinity 05-13S 106-13E at 110145Z oct
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  11. HYDROPAC 3697/182018-10-11 → 2018-10-24
    Man overboard from F/V bth 97039 ts in vicinity 10-35N 108-14E at 101900Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  12. HYDROPAC 3696/182018-10-11 → 2018-10-26
    S/V moyo reports female with appendicitis on board in 16-27S 041-04E
    Mozambique Channel · Mozambique
  13. HYDROPAC 3690/182018-10-10 → 2018-10-13
    Distress signal received in 16-24N 109-32E at 101252 oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  14. HYDROPAC 3689/182018-10-10 → 2018-10-13
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 15-20N 111-10E at 101110Z oct
    South China Sea
  15. HYDROPAC 3687/182018-10-10 → 2018-10-26
    S/V aranui reports crewman with head injury requiring medical assistance in 18-01S 70-48E
    Indian Ocean
  16. HYDROPAC 3685/182018-10-10 → 2018-10-11
    Man overboard from F/V qb 98589 ts in vicinity 17-41N 106-55E at 100200Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  17. HYDROPAC 3678/182018-10-09 → 2018-10-11
    F/V py 90015 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-50N 110-05E at…
    South China Sea
  18. HYDROPAC 3677/182018-10-09 → 2018-10-26
    12.9 meter F/V thilina putha unreported
    Western Indian Ocean · Reunion
  19. HYDROPAC 3674/182018-10-09 → 2018-10-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-09N 160-54E at 090633Z oct
    North Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 3673/182018-10-09 → 2018-10-11
    Vessel, one person on board, capsized and adrift in 05-55.0S 147-20.6E at 082200Z oct
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  21. HYDROPAC 3672/182018-10-09 → 2018-10-26
    Distress signal received from F/V in 19-26.00N 071-34.17E
    Arabian Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 3671/182018-10-09 → 2018-10-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-28.3N 136-35.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  23. HYDROPAC 3668/182018-10-08 → 2018-10-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 02-32.7S 149-43.0E at 081748Z oct
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  24. HYDROPAC 3662/182018-10-08 → 2018-10-26
    Distress signal received from M/V energy sunrise in 03-04.9N 105-43.7E at 081228Z oct
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  25. HYDROLANT 3159/182018-10-08 → 2018-10-09
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice in area within five miles of 34-28.18N 34-33.98E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Cyprus-southeast Coast
  26. HYDROLANT 3157/182018-10-08 → 2018-10-26
    Distress signal received from F/V amy c, two persons on board, in 33-09.8N 077-42.8W
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  27. HYDROPAC 3659/182018-10-08 → 2018-10-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3516/18 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  28. HYDROPAC 3656/182018-10-08 → 2018-10-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-15N 134-30W
    Eastern North Pacific
  29. HYDROPAC 3655/182018-10-07 → 2018-10-26
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 02-39.7N 109-52.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  30. HYDROPAC 3653/182018-10-07 → 2018-10-26
    Man overboard from F/V zi da ye in 42-07N 153-36E at 070630Z oct
    Western North Pacific
  31. HYDROLANT 3146/182018-10-06 → 2018-10-26
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ from S/V novintis, one person on board, in 47-19.86N 005-08.66W
    Bay of Biscay · France
  32. HYDROLANT 3144/182018-10-06 → 2018-10-26
    Distress signal received from 75 foot F/V isla mujeres, blue and white hull, in 14-45.7N 078-51.0W at…
    Western Caribbean Sea
  33. HYDROPAC 3648/182018-10-06 → 2018-10-26
    F/V bd 98308 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-40N 110-45E at…
    South China Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 3647/182018-10-06 → 2018-10-11
    F/V bd 98115 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 09-33N 113-50E at 031000Z…
    South China Sea
  35. HYDROLANT 3139/182018-10-06 → 2018-10-19
    11M meter S/V physalie, white hull, one person on board, overdue canet en roussilon (42-42.4N 003-00.5E) to…
    Western Mediterranean Sea France
  36. HYDROLANT 3138/182018-10-05 → 2018-10-19
    40 foot S/V anastasia, white hull, unreported puerto rico to north carolina
    Puerto Rico To North Carolina · Western North Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 3126/182018-10-05 → 2018-10-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-08.0N 061-30.7W
    Western North Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 3121/182018-10-04 → 2018-10-23
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice by M/V seabed constructor in area between…
    Western South Atlantic
  39. HYDROPAC 3630/182018-10-04 → 2018-10-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-04N 145-08E at 040816Z oct
    Western North Pacific
  40. HYDROLANT 3118/182018-10-03 → 2018-10-19
    Distress signal received in 37-09.1N 061-15.7W at 032137Z oct
    Western North Atlantic
  41. HYDROPAC 3622/182018-10-03 → 2018-10-05
    F/V na 95413 ts, six persons on board, reported in 18-55N 106-57E at 030100Z oct
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  42. HYDROLANT 3110/182018-10-03 → 2018-10-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-33.07N 061-25.07W
    Western North Atlantic
  43. HYDROPAC 3616/182018-10-03 → 2018-10-03
    23 foot vessel, numerous persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-01.1S 150-12.2E at 021500Z oct
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  44. HYDROLANT 3109/182018-10-03 → 2018-10-19
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, unreported
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Sicily
  45. HYDROPAC 3614/182018-10-03 → 2018-10-03
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3554/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  46. HYDROLANT 3107/182018-10-02 → 2018-10-19
    Vessel, white hull, 85 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-38N 013-52E at 021823Z oct
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  47. HYDROLANT 3106/182018-10-02 → 2018-10-02
    Vessel, white hull, 85 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-42N 014-00E at 021332Z oct
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  48. HYDROPAC 3611/182018-10-02 → 2018-10-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-44.3N 144-40.8E
    Western North Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 3604/182018-10-01 → 2018-10-02
    Vessel na 93592 ts, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 19-59N 106-54E at 302200Z sep
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  50. HYDROPAC 3598/182018-10-01 → 2018-10-01
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3593/18 and this msg, persons rescued
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea

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