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. HYDROPAC 3596/182018-10-01 → 2018-10-19
    F/V bd 92946TS, 12 persons on board, disabled in vicinity 17-19N 108-01E at 300940Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  2. HYDROPAC 3593/182018-10-01 → 2018-10-01
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, four persons on board, unreported
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  3. NAVAREA IV 816/182018-09-30 → 2018-10-19
    M/V la nina I, yellow, blue and red hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-01-10N 076-03-08W
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  4. HYDROPAC 3589/182018-09-30 → 2018-10-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 12-36N 136-57E
    Philippine Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 3588/182018-09-30 → 2018-09-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 24-01.6S 152-04.5E at 300656Z sep
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  6. HYDROPAC 3586/182018-09-30 → 2018-09-30
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3584/18 and this msg, persons rescued
    Timor Sea · Australia-northwest Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 3584/182018-09-30 → 2018-09-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11 meter vessel taniwha in vicinity 11-57.3S 131-21.6E at 292345Z sep
    Timor Sea · Australia-northwest Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 3583/182018-09-29 → 2018-09-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-07.1N 122-13.6W
    Eastern North Pacific
  9. HYDROLANT 3076/182018-09-29 → 2018-09-29
    Cancel HYDROLANT 3073/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Atlantic
  10. HYDROLANT 3073/182018-09-29 → 2018-09-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-22.4N 068-58.6W
    Western North Atlantic
  11. HYDROPAC 3577/182018-09-29 → 2018-10-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-39-46N 151-49-26E at 290027Z sep
    Western North Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 3576/182018-09-28 → 2018-09-28
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3551/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Bering Sea · Alaska
  13. HYDROPAC 3575/182018-09-28 → 2018-09-28
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3558/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Bering Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 3565/182018-09-28 → 2018-10-12
    Distress signal received in 01-42.3N 101-29.4E at 281150Z sep
    Strait of Malacca · Indonesia
  15. HYDROPAC 3558/182018-09-28 → 2018-09-28
    Distress signal received in vicinity 58-25N 167-14W
    Bering Sea
  16. HYDROPAC 3557/182018-09-28 → 2018-10-01
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in 43-52.8N 135-34.5E at 280230Z sep
    Sea of Japan · Russia
  17. HYDROPAC 3555/182018-09-28 → 2018-10-04
    M/V sinai, green and yellow hull, eight persons on board, capsized and adrift in vicinity 03-11-36S…
    Ceram Sea · Indonesia
  18. HYDROPAC 3554/182018-09-28 → 2018-10-03
    23 foot vessel, nine persons on board, capsized in vicinity 06-05.31S 149-10.54E at 270001Z sep
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  19. HYDROPAC 3552/182018-09-28 → 2018-10-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in chukk (07-27.1N 151-51.1E) at 272337Z sep
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  20. HYDROPAC 3551/182018-09-28 → 2018-09-28
    Man overboard from F/V clipper epic in 61-18.8N 171-33.8W
    Bering Sea · Alaska
  21. HYDROPAC 3550/182018-09-27 → 2018-10-01
    Vessel, four persons on board, unreported
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  22. HYDROPAC 3542/182018-09-27 → 2018-09-27
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3520/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  23. HYDROLANT 3047/182018-09-27 → 2018-10-12
    27 foot F/V defender, white hull, one person on board, unreported
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  24. HYDROLANT 3045/182018-09-27 → 2018-10-12
    7.1 meter S/V peu titan, white hull with red stripe, one person on board, overdue marseille (43-17-47N…
    Western Mediterranean Sea · France To Spain
  25. HYDROPAC 3539/182018-09-27 → 2018-09-30
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in 43-53.8N 135-40.9E at 262050Z sep
    Sea of Japan · Russia
  26. HYDROLANT 3042/182018-09-26 → 2018-10-12
    12 meter S/V boody, white hull, two persons on board, overdue mosquito island (18-30.6N 064-23.6W) to st…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · US Virgin Islands To Saintt Vincent
  27. HYDROPAC 3530/182018-09-26 → 2018-09-29
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in vicinity 43-09.8N 135-23.8E at 260029Z sep
    Sea of Japan · Russia
  28. HYDROPAC 3526/182018-09-26 → 2018-09-26
    Possible man overboard from vessel in vicinity 10-00N 107-00E at 250830Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  29. HYDROPAC 3521/182018-09-25 → 2018-09-26
    3.7 meter vessel, one person on board, unreported
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  30. HYDROPAC 3520/182018-09-25 → 2018-09-27
    23 foot M/V, white hull, eight persons on board, overdue namatanai (03-38S 152-25E) to lihir (03-09S 152-36E)
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  31. HYDROLANT 3027/182018-09-25 → 2018-10-12
    14 meter S/V ataktos, white hull, two persons on board, unreported in vicinity 34-07N 08-13W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  32. HYDROPAC 3518/182018-09-25 → 2018-09-26
    M/V shore thing, six persons on board, reports two persons requiring medical assistance in vicinity 17-24S…
    Coral Sea
  33. HYDROPAC 3516/182018-09-25 → 2018-10-08
    Man overboard from F/V bt 94609TS in vicinity 08-42N 107-32E at 202100Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  34. HYDROLANT 3022/182018-09-25 → 2018-10-12
    Distress signal received from F/V khalad 3 in 22-18.4N 017-20W at 250911Z sep
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara · Mauri Tania
  35. HYDROPAC 3514/182018-09-25 → 2018-09-25
    Man overboard from F/V bt 94609TS in vicinity 08-37N 106-40E at 202100Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  36. HYDROPAC 3510/182018-09-25 → 2018-09-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-33.8N 109-13.0W
    Eastern North Pacific · Clipperton Island
  37. NAVAREA IV 804/182018-09-24 → 2018-10-12
    Man overboard from vessel in 09-42-45N 75-41-01W
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  38. HYDROLANT 3017/182018-09-24 → 2018-10-04
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice by M/V seabed constructor in area between…
    Western South Atlantic
  39. HYDROPAC 3506/182018-09-24 → 2018-10-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-39.9N 113-56.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 3504/182018-09-24 → 2018-10-12
    Man overboard from M/V tatamelau in vicinity 01-00.06S 130-02.75E at 212300Z sep
    Halmahera Sea · Ceram Sea · Indonesia
  41. HYDROPAC 3501/182018-09-24 → 2019-01-04
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz in 27-15-00N 136-06-54E at 241004Z sep
    Philippine Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 3497/182018-09-24 → 2018-09-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3487/18 and this msg, persons rescued
    Banda Sea · Indonesia
  43. HYDROPAC 3495/182018-09-24 → 2018-09-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3484/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  44. HYDROPAC 3494/182018-09-24 → 2018-09-24
    F/V, five persons on board, disabled due to engine failure in vicinity of 08-00S 131-00E
    Banda Sea · Indonesia
  45. HYDROPAC 3487/182018-09-24 → 2018-09-24
    Vessel, three persons on board, unreported
    Banda Sea · Indonesia
  46. HYDROPAC 3486/182018-09-24 → 2018-09-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3475/18 and this msg, search suspended
    North Pacific
  47. NAVAREA IV 799/182018-09-23 → 2018-10-12
    M/V, white hull, one person on board, unreported tasiilaq (65-36-49N 37-37-52W) to sermilik (66-00-00N…
    North Atlantic · Greenland
  48. HYDROARC 246/182018-09-23 → 2018-09-23
    Vessel, three persons on board, unreported qeqertarsuaq (69-14-50N 53-32-00W) to aasiaat (68-42-35N…
    Davis Strait · Greenland
  49. HYDROLANT 3010/182018-09-23 → 2018-10-12
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, sinking in 33-14N 014-08E at 231535Z sep
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  50. HYDROPAC 3481/182018-09-23 → 2018-10-12
    F/V bd 97460 ts, six persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea

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