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 54/202020-01-07 → 2020-01-24
    F/V, white hull, nine persons on board, overdue st louis (15-57.7N 016-30.8W) to mauritania (18-09N 015-58W)
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal To Mauritania
  2. NAVAREA XII 6/202020-01-07 → 2020-01-24
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 37-37.9N 132-48.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 90/202020-01-07 → 2020-01-11
    Seven meter vessel, two persons on board, overdue bogia (04-16.31S 144-58.29E) to watam (03-50.99S 144-33.22E)
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  4. HYDROPAC 87/202020-01-07 → 2020-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 37-08S 150-06E at 070929Z jan
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  5. HYDROPAC 83/202020-01-07 → 2020-01-11
    23 foot vessel, three persons on board, capsized and adrift in vicinity 02-12S 147-40E at 050800Z jan
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  6. HYDROLANT 46/202020-01-06 → 2020-01-15
    Man overboard from vessel in 22-02.72S 041-02.83W on 06 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  7. HYDROPAC 79/202020-01-06 → 2020-01-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel orkim merit in 01-52.8N 105-52.7E at 061042Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  8. HYDROPAC 78/202020-01-06 → 2020-01-24
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, two persons onboard, overdue tasman island (04-34.40S 159-29.24E) to java…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  9. NAVAREA IV 14/202020-01-05 → 2020-01-05
    30 foot F/V portia, blue hull, two persons on board unreported
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Saint Lucia
  10. HYDROPAC 65/202020-01-05 → 2020-01-05
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4260/19 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  11. HYDROPAC 62/202020-01-05 → 2020-01-05
    F/V nd 92885 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to lost propeller in 19-59N 108-04E at…
    Gulf of Tonkin · China
  12. HYDROPAC 61/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-06
    F/V qna 91717 ts, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to flooding and engine failure in 15-37N…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  13. HYDROPAC 59/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-24
    Vessel capsized in 11-02N 093-43W
    Eastern North Pacific
  14. HYDROPAC 57/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-04
    Distress signal received from 12 meter vessel showtime, six persons on board, in 36-29S 150-21E at 041540Z jan
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 55/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-24
    Seven meter F/V, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
    Mozambique Channel · Comoros (mayotte)
  16. HYDROPAC 54/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-05
    F/V nt 01996 ts, four persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  17. HYDROPAC 53/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-06
    F/V kh 96552 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-20N 110-20E at 040930Z jan
    South China Sea
  18. HYDROLANT 34/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-24
    F/V pacific star reports crewman with severe injuries in 02-24.61N 003 53.7W, eta to abidjan 042230Z jan
    Gulf of Guinea
  19. HYDROPAC 49/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 44/20 and this msg, persons rescued
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  20. HYDROPAC 45/202020-01-04 → 2020-01-05
    Seven meter M/V, blue and white hull, overdue tasman island (04-34.40S 159-29.24E) to pelau island…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  21. HYDROPAC 38/202020-01-03 → 2020-01-24
    26 meter F/V shalimol, light green hull, 14 persons on board disabled and adrift in 18-02N 071-02E on 03 jan
    Arabian Sea
  22. HYDROLANT 27/202020-01-03 → 2020-01-17
    Distress signal received from F/V attaraji in 25-07N 015-26W at 030822Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara
  23. HYDROPAC 36/202020-01-03 → 2020-01-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-24N 156-25E at 030755Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 24/202020-01-02 → 2020-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V ulusoy 11 in vicinity of 13-03.0S 106-55.5E at 021300Z jan
    Eastern Indian Ocean
  25. HYDROPAC 23/202020-01-02 → 2020-01-02
    Cancel HYDROPAC 22/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Philippine Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 22/202020-01-02 → 2020-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 07-40.6N 132-28.1E
    Philippine Sea
  27. HYDROLANT 13/202020-01-02 → 2020-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 37 foot S/V rhapsody in 25-44.87N 092-56.67W at 020812Z jan
    Gulf of Mexico
  28. HYDROPAC 16/202020-01-02 → 2020-01-03
    Man overboard from F/V lian rong in vicinity of trackline joining 02-06S 086-53E at 011200Z jan and 00-18S…
    Indian Ocean
  29. HYDROPAC 14/202020-01-02 → 2020-01-24
    Six meter vessel, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift between lihir island (03-11.0S 152-41.0E) and…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  30. HYDROPAC 10/202020-01-01 → 2020-01-24
    Vessel, 60 persons on board, disabled and taking on water in 01-38.1N 128-16.1E
    Halmahera Sea · Indonesia
  31. HYDROPAC 9/202020-01-01 → 2020-01-01
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4293/19 and this msg, search suspended
    Java Sea · Bali Sea · Indonesia
  32. HYDROPAC 5/202020-01-01 → 2020-01-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-00N 159-46E at 010401Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 4/202020-01-01 → 2020-01-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-30N 156-30W at 010455Z jan
    Eastern North Pacific

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