Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2019

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 2019
1,453
still in force
0
vs 2018
-28%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,163
  • HYDROLANT223
  • NAVAREA IV46
  • NAVAREA XII16
  • HYDROARC5

Where · top seas

South China Sea33433%
North Pacific Ocean17618%
South Atlantic Ocean919%
South Pacific Ocean808%
North Atlantic Ocean768%
Arabian Sea626%
Coral Sea616%
Indian Ocean596%
Philippine Sea323%
Laccadive Sea293%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2019 · 1,453

  1. HYDROPAC 3730/192019-11-13 → 2019-11-14
    15 meter S/V swey, two persons on board, taking on water in 11-22.73S 161-47.46E at 131022Z nov
    Coral Sea · Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  2. HYDROLANT 3480/192019-11-13 → 2019-11-14
    Vessel, one person onboard, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  3. HYDROPAC 3726/192019-11-13 → 2019-11-29
    F/V, one person on board, unreported
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  4. HYDROPAC 3724/192019-11-13 → 2019-11-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-36.8N 112-03.0W
    Eastern North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 3720/192019-11-13 → 2019-11-13
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3709/19 and this msg, persons rescued
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  6. HYDROPAC 3718/192019-11-12 → 2019-11-15
    F/V capsized and adrift in 19-55.5N 070-16.8E at 120400Z nov
    Arabian Sea · India
  7. HYDROPAC 3710/192019-11-12 → 2019-11-13
    F/V dna 90423TS, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-26N 108-18E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 3709/192019-11-12 → 2019-11-13
    Vessel segar wangi, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 01-31-06S…
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  9. HYDROLANT 3470/192019-11-11 → 2019-11-29
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 01-06N 042-48W on 11 nov
    North Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 3707/192019-11-11 → 2019-11-29
    Distress signal received from F/V shri gangeshwar, blue and yellow hull, six persons on board in 19-15.00N…
    Arabian Sea · India
  11. HYDROLANT 3467/192019-11-11 → 2019-11-29
    S/V libertas, white hull, three persons on board, overdue gibraltar to canary island
    Eastern Norht Atlantic · Morocco
  12. HYDROPAC 3700/192019-11-10 → 2019-11-29
    Distress signal received from F/V nivya niveditha II in 12-21.06N 074-56.50E at 101830Z nov
    Arabian Sea · India
  13. NAVAREA IV 986/192019-11-10 → 2019-11-29
    Man overboard from vessel in 10-11.49N 075-42.78W on 08 nov
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  14. HYDROPAC 3696/192019-11-10 → 2019-11-29
    Distress signal received in 01-14.9N 104-21.6E at 100916Z nov
    Singapore Strait · Indonesia
  15. HYDROPAC 3694/192019-11-10 → 2019-11-11
    Vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue betio (01-21.74N 172-56.00E) to maiana island (01-00.24N…
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  16. HYDROPAC 3692/192019-11-10 → 2019-11-10
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3687/19 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  17. HYDROPAC 3687/192019-11-09 → 2019-11-10
    23 foot vessel st albina, white hull with orange stripe, eight persons on board, overdue namatanai (03-38S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  18. HYDROPAC 3685/192019-11-09 → 2019-11-14
    F/V bd 96303 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-00N 117-50E at…
    South China Sea
  19. HYDROPAC 3681/192019-11-09 → 2019-11-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 10-05.93S 142-58.40E at 090105Z nov
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  20. HYDROPAC 3678/192019-11-08 → 2019-11-08
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3677/19 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Australia
  21. HYDROPAC 3677/192019-11-08 → 2019-11-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter M/V in 16-41.33S 145-50.53E at 082020Z nov
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  22. HYDROLANT 3451/192019-11-08 → 2019-11-11
    Liferaft, orange and black hull adrift in 40-20.69N 006-18.97E at 081210Z nov
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Sardinia
  23. HYDROLANT 3440/192019-11-08 → 2019-11-11
    Man overboard from vessel in 32-37.77S 052-24.60W on 07 nov
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  24. HYDROPAC 3667/192019-11-07 → 2019-11-18
    Two persons missing from aground F/V dn 1004
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  25. HYDROPAC 3665/192019-11-06 → 2019-11-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel, white hull, in vicinity 24-20.1S 152-39.4E at…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  26. HYDROPAC 3664/192019-11-06 → 2019-11-09
    Vessel kiyo maru no 75 taking on water in 08-31N 146-30E
    Western North Pacific
  27. HYDROLANT 3413/192019-11-06 → 2019-11-07
    S/V CV28 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 34-48.04S 001-43.90W vessels able to provide…
    Eastern South Atlantic
  28. HYDROPAC 3650/192019-11-05 → 2019-11-06
    F/V bd 96699TS, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-05N 110-05E at 050220Z…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  29. HYDROLANT 3401/192019-11-05 → 2019-11-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V canopus in 23-28N 023-25W at 042330Z nov 19
    Eastern North Atlantic
  30. HYDROLANT 3400/192019-11-05 → 2019-11-06
    S/V CV28 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 34-06.54S 006-46.75W
    South Atlantic
  31. HYDROPAC 3639/192019-11-04 → 2019-11-04
    F/V py 92359 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-59N 114-19E at 030900Z nov
    South China Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 3637/192019-11-03 → 2019-11-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-51S 175-11E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  33. HYDROPAC 3634/192019-11-03 → 2019-11-22
    Three scuba divers missing from vessel in vicinity 05-57.45S 105-52.15E at 031538Z nov
    Selat Sunda · Java Sea · Indonesia
  34. HYDROLANT 3381/192019-11-03 → 2019-11-04
    Vessel unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  35. HYDROPAC 3627/192019-11-02 → 2019-11-15
    Man overboard from M/V haiyang shiyou 620 in 18-48N 107-32E at 020545Z nov
    Gulf of Tonkin · China
  36. HYDROLANT 3370/192019-11-02 → 2019-11-09
    Vessel attacked in 06-14.9N 002-32.9E at 020320Z nov
    Gulf of Guinea · Benin
  37. HYDROPAC 3618/192019-11-01 → 2019-11-15
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-42.8N 104-28.2E at 011230Z nov
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  38. HYDROLANT 3344/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-04
    Search and rescue exercises 032000Z to 032300Z nov in area bound by 42-46N 033-20E, 42-46N 033-00E, 42-31N…
    Black Sea · Turkey
  39. HYDROPAC 3605/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-15
    45 foot F/V ran MANIKA-08, green and yellow hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 06-32N…
    Arabian Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 3604/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-05
    Vessel thanh cong 999 disabled and adrift in 17-57.3N 106-34.0E at 311115Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 3603/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-15
    Distress signal received in 38-59.2N 133-24.4E at 311214Z oct
    Sea of Japan
  42. HYDROPAC 3599/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-15
    F/V matha unreported
    Arabian Sea · Lakshadweep
  43. HYDROPAC 3598/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-22.7N 129-32.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  44. HYDROPAC 3595/192019-10-31 → 2019-10-31
    Liferaft, 12 persons on board, reported in 18-09.8N 106-36.4E at 310430Z oct
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  45. HYDROPAC 3593/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-01
    Vessels, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in: a. M/V truong thanh 26, 13-46.28N 109-15.45E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  46. HYDROPAC 3592/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-13
    Man overboard from F/V tg 93933TS in vicinity 09-01N 107-47E at 291200Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  47. HYDROPAC 3589/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-15
    F/V samool, six persons on board, sank in 10-35.5N 075-30.7E at 301900Z oct
    Arabian Sea · India
  48. HYDROPAC 3588/192019-10-31 → 2019-11-01
    Man overboard from M/V southern star in vicinity 13-10.5S 157-03.8W at 302245Z oct
    South Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 3587/192019-10-31 → 2019-10-31
    Man overboard from M/V southern star in vicinity 13-10S 157-05W at 302326Z oct
    South Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 3586/192019-10-31 → 2019-10-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter M/V thirsty merc, two persons on board in 21-34.8S…
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia-northwest Coast

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