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. HYDROLANT 1219/202020-04-04 → 2020-04-24
    Distress signal received in vicinity 24-17.3N 020-30.5W at 040430Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic
  2. HYDROPAC 1086/202020-04-04 → 2020-04-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel, white hull in vicinity 12-00.07S 130-58.40E at…
    Timor Sea · Australia-north Coast
  3. HYDROPAC 1084/202020-04-04 → 2020-04-07
    Distress signal received from 20 foot F/V winnie boat, black, white and brown hull, three persons on board,…
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  4. HYDROLANT 1214/202020-04-03 → 2020-04-24
    Man overboard in 50-21.8S 058-22.3W
    Western South Atlantic · Falkland Islands
  5. HYDROPAC 1076/202020-04-03 → 2020-04-17
    F/V qng 94855TS, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-22N 113-06E at…
    South China Sea
  6. HYDROLANT 1202/202020-04-03 → 2020-04-17
    Distress signal received vessel yuan yu 902 in 20-14.6N 017-33.27W at 030352Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic · Mauritania
  7. HYDROLANT 1200/202020-04-03 → 2020-04-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-13.2N 072-39.8W at 022240Z apr
    Western North Atlantic
  8. HYDROPAC 1072/202020-04-02 → 2020-04-03
    Search and rescue operations in progress for vessel ambition one in 15-48S 167-21E
    Coral Sea · Vanuatu
  9. HYDROLANT 1199/202020-04-02 → 2020-04-17
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in 53-18.1N 017-51.3W at 020743Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic
  10. HYDROPAC 1071/202020-04-02 → 2020-04-02
    Search and rescue operations in progress for vessel ambition one in 15-28.8S 167-12.6E
    Coral Sea · Vanuatu
  11. HYDROPAC 1064/202020-04-02 → 2020-04-07
    F/V qng 90617TS sank in 16-42.00N 112-25.44E at 012300Z apr
    South China Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 1063/202020-04-02 → 2020-04-13
    Man overboard from M/V guo tou 101 in vicinity 03-58.4S 112-29.1E at 011450Z apr
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  13. HYDROLANT 1179/202020-04-01 → 2020-04-17
    M/V torm maren reports three crewman requiring medical assistance in 09-39.1N 016-21.2W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Guinea-bissau
  14. HYDROPAC 1062/202020-04-01 → 2020-04-17
    Nine meter F/V, blue hull, four persons on board, unreported
    Gulf of Tonkin · China
  15. HYDROPAC 1056/202020-04-01 → 2020-04-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 6.8 meter vessel kylyn in vicinity 28-48.3S 113-59.2E at 010457Z apr
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia-southwest Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 1044/202020-03-31 → 2020-04-01
    F/V dna 90537TS, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 16-06N 110-05E at 310001Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  17. HYDROPAC 1042/202020-03-30 → 2020-04-17
    M/V gia vu 09, six persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  18. HYDROPAC 1041/202020-03-30 → 2020-03-30
    M/V gia vu 09, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROPAC 1037/202020-03-30 → 2020-03-30
    Cancel HYDROPAC 879/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  20. HYDROPAC 1036/202020-03-30 → 2020-04-04
    Canoe, green hull, two persons on board, overdue
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  21. HYDROPAC 1033/202020-03-29 → 2020-04-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-21.1N 137-02.8W
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROLANT 1141/202020-03-28 → 2020-03-29
    Man overboard in 23-02.5S 044-00.0W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  23. HYDROPAC 1030/202020-03-28 → 2020-04-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-09.8N 149-32.0E
    Western North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 1028/202020-03-28 → 2020-03-28
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1027/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western North Pacific
  25. HYDROPAC 1027/202020-03-28 → 2020-03-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-22.19N 157-06.39E at 272217Z mar
    Western North Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 1025/202020-03-27 → 2020-04-03
    Man overboard from F/V bintang lautan in 03-50.25S 106-25.30E at 242200Z mar
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  27. HYDROPAC 1011/202020-03-26 → 2020-03-30
    Distress signal received from F/V jing lu yuan 008 in vicinity 12-26.8N 170-21.3W at 260033Z mar
    North Pacific
  28. HYDROLANT 1103/202020-03-25 → 2020-03-29
    Search and rescue operations 291100Z to 291230Z mar in area bound by 42-05.0N 039-15.0E, 41-58.0N 039-53.0E,…
    Black Sea · Turkey
  29. HYDROPAC 1002/202020-03-25 → 2020-04-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-45N 123-45E at 250006Z mar
    Philippine Sea
  30. HYDROPAC 997/202020-03-24 → 2020-03-25
    Distress signal received from 45 meter vessel tiare taporo in vicinity 14-16.93S 170-37.67W
    South Pacific · American Samoa
  31. HYDROPAC 993/202020-03-24 → 2020-04-10
    40 foot vessel, aorangi 2, white hull, two persons on board, overdue stewart island (47-00-00S 167-50-00E)…
    Tasman Sea · New Zealand
  32. HYDROPAC 986/202020-03-23 → 2020-04-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-08.6N 106-20.5E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  33. HYDROPAC 981/202020-03-23 → 2020-04-10
    19 foot vessel, three persons on board, overdue last known position in vicinity arorae island (02-39S…
    Western South Pacific · Kiribati
  34. HYDROPAC 979/202020-03-23 → 2020-03-27
    Vessel nurjaya, 30 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 00-11.21N 127-36.58E at…
    Molucca Sea · Indonesia
  35. HYDROPAC 978/202020-03-23 → 2020-03-23
    Cancel HYDROPAC 861/20 and this msg, persons rescued
    Arafura Sea · Indonesia
  36. HYDROLANT 1069/202020-03-22 → 2020-03-22
    M/V gulf petroleum 4, injured persons on board, suffered an engine room explosion in 31-59.32N 015-53.01E at…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  37. NAVAREA IV 268/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-21
    Cancel NAVAREA IV 266/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Atlantic
  38. HYDROPAC 959/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-23
    F/V na 97859 ts, nine persons on board, disabled and anchored due to engine failure in 19-51N 107-28E at…
    Gulf of Tonkin · China · Vietnam
  39. HYDROPAC 958/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-26
    F/V na 95055 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and anchored due to engine failure in 18-55N 107-20E at…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  40. HYDROPAC 956/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 953/20 and this msg, persons rescued
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  41. HYDROPAC 955/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 954/20 and this msg, persons rescued
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  42. NAVAREA IV 266/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-15.5N 051-07.7W
    Western North Atlantic
  43. HYDROPAC 954/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-21
    F/V lim discoverer, 24 persons on board, sinking in 03-26.2S 147-49.2E at 210240Z
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  44. HYDROPAC 953/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-21
    66 meter M/V surya express, 19 persons on board, sinking in 00-16-07S 133-19-05E at 210201Z
    Western South Pacific · Indonesia
  45. HYDROPAC 951/202020-03-21 → 2020-03-21
    11 meter S/V, white hull, blue wheel house, one person on board,overdue MELBOURNE(38-22-14S 144-45-28E) to…
    Bass Strait · Tasman Sea · Australia-southeast Coast
  46. HYDROPAC 936/202020-03-20 → 2020-04-03
    Man overboard from F/V na 90766TS in vicinity 19-00N 106-53E at 191000Z mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  47. NAVAREA XII 126/202020-03-19 → 2020-03-19
    Alerts for cases of covid 19 the government of colombia restricts the entry of cruise ships to colombian ports
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  48. HYDROPAC 920/202020-03-19 → 2020-04-03
    Man overboard from F/V bt 93386TS in vicinity 07-30N 104-30E at 160400Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  49. NAVAREA IV 250/202020-03-19 → 2020-03-19
    Alerts for cases of COVID-19 the government of colombia restricts the entry of cruise ships to colombian ports
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  50. HYDROPAC 915/202020-03-18 → 2020-03-19
    Man overboard from M/V golden wave in 09-49.4S 135-13.8E at 181650Z mar
    Arafura Sea

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