Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2020

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 2020
1,283
still in force
0
vs 2019
-12%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,030
  • HYDROLANT185
  • NAVAREA IV38
  • NAVAREA XII30

Where · top seas

South China Sea31837%
North Pacific Ocean16719%
South Pacific Ocean657%
North Atlantic Ocean647%
South Atlantic Ocean627%
Indian Ocean627%
Coral Sea486%
Arabian Sea303%
Bismarck Sea283%
Black Sea233%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2020 · 1,283

  1. HYDROPAC 2226/202020-07-28 → 2020-07-28
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2206/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  2. HYDROLANT 2351/202020-07-27 → 2020-08-14
    Distress signal received in 11-39S 013-19E
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  3. HYDROPAC 2213/202020-07-27 → 2020-07-30
    Vessel mr jelta wong, white hull, six persons on board, overdue mandress beach, east new britain (04-20.20S…
    Bismark Sea · Papua New Guinea
  4. HYDROPAC 2211/202020-07-26 → 2020-07-27
    Vessel, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 02-00N 120-00E at 051500Z jul
    Celebes Sea · Indonesia
  5. HYDROPAC 2208/202020-07-26 → 2020-07-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V corona wisdom in 15-25.4N 119-38.2E at 260913Z jul
    South China Sea · Philippines
  6. HYDROPAC 2207/202020-07-26 → 2020-07-27
    F/V na 90743 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 18-50N 107-50E at…
    Gulf of Tonkin · China
  7. HYDROPAC 2206/202020-07-26 → 2020-07-28
    F/V bd 91388 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 11-17N 110-14E at 260100Z jul
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 2205/202020-07-26 → 2020-07-26
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2203/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea
  9. HYDROPAC 2203/202020-07-25 → 2020-07-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 24 meter vessel navigator in vicinity 25-54.50S 158-33.60E at…
    Coral Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 2201/202020-07-25 → 2020-07-26
    F/V na 9074 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in vicinity 18-50N 107-50E…
    Gulf of Tonkin · China
  11. HYDROPAC 2200/202020-07-25 → 2020-08-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz: at 251214Z jul in vicinity 30-36N 124-00E
    East China Sea · China
  12. HYDROPAC 2197/202020-07-25 → 2020-08-01
    Crewman missing from M/V ikan keras in vicinity 02-51.82S 130-40.82E
    Ceram Sea · Indonesia
  13. HYDROPAC 2196/202020-07-25 → 2020-07-25
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 250832Z jul in: a. 35-44-52N 147-42-14E
    Western North Pacific · East China Sea · China
  14. HYDROPAC 2192/202020-07-24 → 2020-08-07
    F/V capitan oliver reports person requiring medical assistance in 06-30N 090-40W
    Eastern North Pacific
  15. HYDROLANT 2331/202020-07-24 → 2020-08-07
    Distress signal received in 32-38.9N 052-53.0W at 241223Z jul
    Western North Atlantic
  16. HYDROPAC 2181/202020-07-24 → 2020-07-24
    Fisherman missing from vessel in vicinity 06-52-18S 115-55-42E at 240310Z jul
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  17. HYDROPAC 2177/202020-07-23 → 2020-07-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2133/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Singapore Strait · Indonesia
  18. HYDROLANT 2319/202020-07-23 → 2020-07-27
    Search and rescue operations 270500Z to 270900Z jul in area bound by 34-36N 033-16E, 34-36N 033-28E, 34-26N…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Cyprus-south Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 2171/202020-07-23 → 2020-07-31
    Barge sona III, numerous persons on board, adrift in vicinity 09-59S 056-21E at 221145Z jul
    Western Indian Ocean · Mauritius
  20. HYDROPAC 2170/202020-07-23 → 2020-07-31
    Man overboard from M/V glocem in vicinity 10-01.26S 056-18.39E at 220920Z jul
    Western Indian Ocean · Mauritius
  21. HYDROPAC 2166/202020-07-22 → 2020-08-01
    Vessel, 11 persons on board, sank in vicinity 01-58-18S 137-05-39E at 210500Z jul
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  22. HYDROPAC 2165/202020-07-22 → 2020-07-22
    Vessel sank in 010-58-18S 137-05-39E at 210700Z jul
    Arafura Sea · Australia-north Coast
  23. NAVAREA IV 636/202020-07-22 → 2020-07-29
    Distress signal received from 39 foot S/V dellamyra in 38-15.87N 051-22.62W
    Western North Atlantic
  24. HYDROPAC 2159/202020-07-22 → 2020-07-28
    Fisherman missing from F/V bt 97976TS in vicinity 08-19.43N 108-16.10E at 220100Z jul
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 2157/202020-07-21 → 2020-07-22
    54 foot F/V jennifer, white hull, four persons on board, overdue honolulu (21-18N 157-52W)
    North Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 2156/202020-07-21 → 2020-07-23
    Vessel, 26 persons on board, on fire in 04-10-30S 107-09-46E at 210830Z jul
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  27. HYDROPAC 2155/202020-07-21 → 2020-07-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2080/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  28. HYDROPAC 2154/202020-07-21 → 2020-08-07
    Seven meter F/V, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue
    Mozambique Channel · Comoros (mayotte)
  29. HYDROLANT 2299/202020-07-21 → 2020-07-24
    Search and rescue exercise 240700Z to 240900Z jul in area bound by 42-05.0N 039-15.0E, 41-58.0N 039-53.0E,…
    Black Sea · Turkey
  30. HYDROLANT 2296/202020-07-21 → 2020-07-23
    Search and rescue exercise 231000Z to 231600Z jul in area bound by 43-59.07N 028-41.00E, 43-59.07N…
    Black Sea · Romania
  31. HYDROLANT 2293/202020-07-21 → 2020-07-24
    Man overboard from vessel in 21-45.41S 040-36.22W on 20 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 2145/202020-07-20 → 2020-08-07
    13 meter M/V ohana-uli, white hull, two persons on board, taking on water in vicinity 05-41.3S 044-50.6E at…
    Western Indian Ocean
  33. HYDROPAC 2144/202020-07-20 → 2020-07-23
    Man overboard from M/V bao tong in vicinity 05-04S 149-05E at 200630Z jul
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  34. HYDROLANT 2278/202020-07-20 → 2020-07-21
    Vessel oscar do mar capsized in 07-49.13S 034-50.25W on 19 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  35. HYDROLANT 2277/202020-07-20 → 2020-08-07
    Man overboard from vessel in 00-24S 040-09W on 19 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  36. HYDROPAC 2136/202020-07-20 → 2020-07-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2130/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  37. HYDROPAC 2133/202020-07-20 → 2020-07-23
    Man overboard from F/V lu wei yuan yu in 01-09.57N 103-48.55E at 191735Z jul
    Singapore Strait · Indonesia
  38. HYDROLANT 2276/202020-07-20 → 2020-07-21
    Vessel mestre antonio II, six persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  39. HYDROPAC 2132/202020-07-19 → 2020-08-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-06.2N 125-35.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 2130/202020-07-19 → 2020-07-20
    M/V tien dat 36, 08 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 20-24N 107-14.70E at…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 2128/202020-07-19 → 2020-07-19
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2076/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Coral Sea · Solomon Islands
  42. HYDROPAC 2127/202020-07-19 → 2020-07-20
    F/V, 12 persons on board, disabled due to engine failure in 00-47-55S 098-35-59E at 181500Z jul
    Eastern Indian Ocean. · Indonesia
  43. HYDROPAC 2125/202020-07-18 → 2020-07-18
    4 meter vessel silver runabout, overdue
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  44. HYDROPAC 2122/202020-07-18 → 2020-07-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2070/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  45. HYDROPAC 2121/202020-07-18 → 2020-07-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2032/20 and this msg, search suspended
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  46. HYDROPAC 2120/202020-07-18 → 2020-07-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2071/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Northern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  47. HYDROPAC 2116/202020-07-18 → 2020-07-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2079/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  48. HYDROLANT 2251/202020-07-17 → 2020-07-31
    F/V suso reports crewman requiring medical assistance in vicinity 19-15S 008-30E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  49. HYDROPAC 2104/202020-07-17 → 2020-07-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-18.4N 162-16.9E at 161433Z jul
    North Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 2100/202020-07-16 → 2020-07-31
    Distress signal received in 01-23.13N 104-33.25E at 162116Z jul
    South China Sea · Indonesia

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