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 900/202020-03-17 → 2020-03-18
    Five meter vessel, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 12-05.0S 130-50.0E at 170730Z mar
    Timor Sea · Australia-north Coast
  2. HYDROPAC 897/202020-03-17 → 2020-04-03
    Distress signal received from vessel in 15-46.5N 070-43.2E at 171233Z mar
    Arabian Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 891/202020-03-17 → 2020-03-18
    Man overboard from F/V bth 99399TS in vicinity 10-42N 108-00E at 160730Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  4. HYDROPAC 881/202020-03-16 → 2020-04-03
    F/V arabian, 09 persons on board, white hill, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 18-24N 070-45E on…
    Arabian Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 880/202020-03-16 → 2020-03-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 840/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  6. HYDROPAC 879/202020-03-16 → 2020-03-30
    F/V na 95170 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-37N 106-34E at 161100Z mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  7. HYDROLANT 988/202020-03-16 → 2020-03-17
    Vessel, two persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 876/202020-03-16 → 2020-04-03
    Man overboard from vessel in 11-42N 092-48E on 15 mar
    Andaman Sea · Andaman Islands
  9. HYDROPAC 872/202020-03-16 → 2020-03-16
    Vessel, 26 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to steering failure in vicinity 04-00S 123-00E
    Banda Sea · Indonesia
  10. HYDROPAC 871/202020-03-16 → 2020-03-20
    Search and rescue operations 201100Z to 201900Z mar in area bound by 11-44-00S 077-11-30W, 11-44-00S…
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  11. HYDROPAC 870/202020-03-16 → 2020-03-19
    Derelict four meter vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 11-50.3S 124-57.4E at 160413Z mar
    Timor Sea
  12. NAVAREA XII 113/202020-03-15 → 2020-04-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-45N 090-00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  13. HYDROPAC 865/202020-03-15 → 2020-04-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-03N 138-30E at 150901Z mar
    Philippine Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 864/202020-03-15 → 2020-04-10
    Two fisherman missing from sunken vessel in vicinity 10-00N 107-00E at 150001Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  15. HYDROPAC 863/202020-03-15 → 2020-03-15
    Cancel HYDROPAC 771/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Vitiaz Sea · Papua New Guinea
  16. HYDROPAC 861/202020-03-15 → 2020-03-23
    M/V sanjaya sinking in 06-23.31S 133-54.53E 15 persons on board at 150110Z mar
    Arafura Sea · Indonesia
  17. HYDROPAC 856/202020-03-14 → 2020-04-03
    M/V jing wei 188 sank in 22-43.9N 117-51.2E
    South China Sea · China
  18. HYDROPAC 855/202020-03-14 → 2020-04-03
    Man overboard from M/V vishva vijay in 17-32.3N 084-42.9E at 140045Z mar
    Bay of Bengal · India
  19. HYDROPAC 854/202020-03-14 → 2020-04-03
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 01-31.5N 105-08.1E, 01-06.4N…
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  20. HYDROLANT 962/202020-03-13 → 2020-03-17
    Man overboard from vessel nanda I in 14-16.5S 038-58.7W at 09 mar
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  21. HYDROPAC 850/202020-03-13 → 2020-03-19
    Vietnam DNC 23
    Gulf of Tonkin
  22. HYDROPAC 849/202020-03-13 → 2020-03-27
    Distress signal received from vessel in 12-45N 131-52E
    Philippine Sea
  23. HYDROPAC 840/202020-03-13 → 2020-03-16
    Vessel, two persons on board, overdue carteret islands (04-46S 155-28E) on 08 mar
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  24. HYDROPAC 837/202020-03-13 → 2020-03-27
    8.5 meter F/V darya mata, dark brown hull, three persons on board, unreported
    Arabian Sea · India
  25. HYDROPAC 836/202020-03-13 → 2020-03-14
    Search and rescue operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 01-02.0N 104-10.7E, 01-18.6N…
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  26. HYDROLANT 945/202020-03-12 → 2020-03-13
    S/V teimoso, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 25-50.43S 048-24.58W on 12 mar
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  27. HYDROPAC 821/202020-03-11 → 2020-03-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 787/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  28. HYDROPAC 820/202020-03-11 → 2020-03-27
    F/V kuroshis sank in 01-19.3N 105-15.6E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  29. HYDROPAC 812/202020-03-11 → 2020-03-18
    F/V bv 97877TS, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-17.70N 107-36.48E at 110319Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  30. HYDROPAC 800/202020-03-10 → 2020-03-27
    36 foot S/V intrepid, white hull, two persons on board, requesting assistance in 07-41N 075-12E
    Arabian Sea
  31. HYDROLANT 914/202020-03-09 → 2020-03-10
    Man overboard in 23-49S 045-09W at 09 mar 20
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  32. HYDROPAC 794/202020-03-09 → 2020-03-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 25-50.6S 158-48.6E at 091404Z mar
    Coral Sea
  33. HYDROPAC 791/202020-03-09 → 2020-03-27
    Man overboard in vicinity of 03-31.86N 100-07.26E at 091115Z mar
    Strait of Malacca · Indonesia
  34. HYDROPAC 787/202020-03-09 → 2020-03-11
    23 foot vessel, 11 persons on board, adrift between manus (02-38.22S 146-48.90E) and karkar island…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  35. HYDROPAC 786/202020-03-09 → 2020-03-10
    36 foot S/V intrepid, white hull, two persons on board, requesting assistance in 08-39N 075-04E
    Arabian Sea · India
  36. HYDROLANT 899/202020-03-09 → 2020-03-09
    S/V teimoso, three persons onboard, disabled and adrift in 13-12.29S 038-47.41W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  37. HYDROPAC 782/202020-03-09 → 2021-10-22
    Fisherman missing from 12 meter F/V, three persons onboard, white hull with blue and red stripes, in…
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  38. HYDROLANT 892/202020-03-08 → 2020-03-27
    M/V la mouette, one person on board, unreported
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Sardinia
  39. HYDROLANT 891/202020-03-08 → 2020-03-09
    F/V novo, ten persons onboard, sinking in 33-28.32N 046-38.3W at 071834Z mar
    North Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 888/202020-03-07 → 2022-01-14
    Distress received from F/V novo eustaquio, in 33-28.32N 046-383W at 071834Z mar
    Western North Atlantic
  41. HYDROPAC 779/202020-03-07 → 2020-03-07
    Cancel HYDROPAC 740/20 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 772/202020-03-07 → 2020-03-09
    36 foot S/V intrepid, white hull, three persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity of kochi…
    Arabian Sea · Northwestern Indian Ocean · India · Djibouti
  43. HYDROPAC 771/202020-03-07 → 2020-03-15
    Seven meter vessel, white with orange stripe hull, nine persons on board, unreported madang (05-10S 145-50E)…
    Vitiaz Sea · Papua New Guinea
  44. HYDROPAC 767/202020-03-06 → 2020-03-20
    Distress signal received in 03-53-10N 105-49-05E at 062230Z mar
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  45. HYDROPAC 765/202020-03-06 → 2020-03-11
    F/V py 95345 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 13-43N 115-25E at 061100Z mar
    South China Sea
  46. HYDROPAC 761/202020-03-06 → 2020-03-20
    Distress signal received in vicinity 06-01.6N 107-39.5E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  47. NAVAREA IV 207/202020-03-05 → 2020-03-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-04.7N 066-02W at 051440Z mar
    Western North Atlantic
  48. HYDROPAC 755/202020-03-05 → 2020-03-05
    Cancel HYDROPAC 726/20 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 748/202020-03-05 → 2020-03-05
    Vessel duc minh 555 sank in 18-11.8N 106-16.4E
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  50. HYDROPAC 744/202020-03-04 → 2020-03-04
    F/V coralie g, two persons on board, taking on water in 35-06.82S 118-18.91E at 041955Z mar
    Great Australian Bight · Australia-southwest Coast

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