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

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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 2946/202020-10-11 → 2020-10-11
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2944/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  2. HYDROPAC 2945/202020-10-10 → 2020-10-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-45N 133-30E at 101334Z oct
    Philippine Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 2944/202020-10-10 → 2020-10-11
    Distress signal received from F/V bd 91108 in 12-25.60N 112-48.87E at 100955Z oct
    South China Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 2941/202020-10-10 → 2020-10-11
    F/V qng 96317 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-44N 111-51E at…
    South China Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 2939/202020-10-10 → 2020-10-10
    F/V qng 96317 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-20N 111-40E at…
    South China Sea
  6. HYDROLANT 3074/202020-10-09 → 2020-10-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 76 foot F/V crazy horse in 27-48.4N 095-14.6W
    Gulf of Mexico · Texas
  7. HYDROPAC 2936/202020-10-09 → 2020-10-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2915/20 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 2928/202020-10-09 → 2020-10-09
    F/V dna 91066 ts, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine flooding in 16-12.85N 108-21.15E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 2927/202020-10-09 → 2020-10-23
    F/V dna 90988 ts, two persons on board, unreported coastguard post C15 to tho quang
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  10. HYDROPAC 2923/202020-10-09 → 2020-10-10
    Vessel hd 8868, five persons on board, disabled and anchored due to broken rudder in 20-12N 106-36E at…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  11. HYDROPAC 2922/202020-10-09 → 2020-10-23
    Man overboard from M/V mirai in vicinity 42-11.4N 132-17.9E on 09 oct
    Sea of Japan · Russia
  12. HYDROPAC 2920/202020-10-08 → 2020-10-23
    Six meter vessel, white hull, four persons onboard overdue takaroa island (14-27-24S 144-58-22W) to tikei…
    South Pacific · French Polynesia
  13. HYDROPAC 2919/202020-10-08 → 2020-10-10
    F/V 93248 ts, six persons onboard, stranded due to broken propeller requesting assistance, anchored in…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  14. HYDROPAC 2915/202020-10-08 → 2020-10-09
    F/V bt 97937 ts, two persons onboard, unreported in 08-32N 107-36E at 071730Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  15. HYDROPAC 2914/202020-10-08 → 2020-10-10
    M/V thanh thanh dat 55, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine room flooding in 16-55N…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  16. HYDROPAC 2912/202020-10-07 → 2020-10-10
    Derelict M/V cong thanh 27, adrift and sinking in 16-23N 107-55E at 070645Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  17. HYDROPAC 2911/202020-10-07 → 2020-10-23
    Man overboard from F/V tg 92095 ts in 09-13.45N 107-23.37E at 070700Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  18. HYDROPAC 2909/202020-10-07 → 2020-10-07
    M/V cong thanh 27, 12 persons on board, flooding in 16-23N 107-55E at 070645Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROPAC 2907/202020-10-07 → 2020-10-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel fu ming sheng 3 in vicinity 31-47.7S 051-02.7E at 070017Z oct
    Southwestern Indian Ocean
  20. HYDROLANT 3045/202020-10-07 → 2020-10-23
    14 meter S/V festina lente, white hull, one person on board, unreported corfu (39-35-00N 019-52-00E) to…
    Ionian Sea · Greece To Italy
  21. HYDROPAC 2905/202020-10-06 → 2020-10-07
    F/V bd 96365 ts sank in 05-31N 109-22E at 061500Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  22. HYDROPAC 2897/202020-10-06 → 2020-10-23
    Vessel, 15 persons on board, unreported
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  23. HYDROPAC 2895/202020-10-06 → 2020-10-23
    Person missing from M/V vietsun fortune
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  24. HYDROPAC 2894/202020-10-05 → 2020-10-23
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 052203Z oct in: a. 24-31-15N 118-03-57E
    Philippine Sea · Taiwan Strait · China
  25. HYDROPAC 2889/202020-10-05 → 2020-10-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 14-00S 171-00W
    South Pacific · Samoa
  26. HYDROPAC 2888/202020-10-05 → 2020-10-18
    15 foot vessel, white hull, two persons onboard overdue nonouti island (00-44-17S 174-27-24E) to tabiteuea…
    Western South Pacific
  27. HYDROPAC 2883/202020-10-05 → 2020-10-06
    F/V qna 90927 ts, 39 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-39N 110-21E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  28. HYDROPAC 2881/202020-10-05 → 2020-10-05
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2871/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  29. HYDROPAC 2880/202020-10-05 → 2020-10-05
    F/V qna 90927 ts, 39 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-42N 110-20E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  30. HYDROPAC 2877/202020-10-04 → 2020-10-05
    F/V qna 90927 ts, 39 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-43N 110-16E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  31. HYDROPAC 2876/202020-10-04 → 2020-10-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2874/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  32. HYDROPAC 2875/202020-10-04 → 2020-10-04
    F/V bd 96985 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-05N 107-32E at 032200Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  33. NAVAREA XII 446/202020-10-04 → 2020-10-23
    45 foot F/V angel del mar, white hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 05-32N 081-31W
    Eastern North Pacific
  34. HYDROLANT 3006/202020-10-03 → 2020-10-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 26-59.00N 024-06.93W at 032057Z oct
    Eastern North Atlantic
  35. HYDROPAC 2874/202020-10-03 → 2020-10-04
    DNC11
    South China Sea
  36. HYDROLANT 3001/202020-10-03 → 2020-10-23
    F/V, two persons on board, green hull with white stripes, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  37. HYDROPAC 2871/202020-10-03 → 2020-10-05
    23 foot vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue namatanai (03-38S 152-25E) to tanga islands…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  38. HYDROPAC 2870/202020-10-03 → 2020-10-03
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2869/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  39. HYDROPAC 2869/202020-10-03 → 2020-10-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V wings in 34-34.30S 151-18.93E at 030712Z oct
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  40. HYDROPAC 2867/202020-10-03 → 2020-10-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-06.7N 107-39.4W
    Eastern North Pacific
  41. HYDROLANT 2991/202020-10-02 → 2020-10-16
    Seven meter M/V sorangela, three persons on board, unreported fuengirola (36-33N 004-37W) to tunisia
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Alboran Sea · Spain To Tunisia
  42. HYDROPAC 2863/202020-10-02 → 2020-10-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-13.3N 106-51.5E at 020020Z oct 20
    South China Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 2859/202020-10-02 → 2020-10-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-22N 106-86E at 020020Z oct 20
    South China Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 2858/202020-10-02 → 2020-10-05
    15 foot vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue nonouti island to tabiteauea island
    South Pacific Ocean · Nonouti Island To Tabiteauea Island · Southern Kiribati
  45. HYDROPAC 2854/202020-10-01 → 2020-10-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-34.7N 122-49.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 2847/202020-10-01 → 2020-10-01
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2845/20 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 2845/202020-10-01 → 2020-10-01
    Distress signal received from F/V PY90198 ts in 12-08.28N 115-58.83E at 010023Z oct
    South China Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 2844/202020-10-01 → 2020-10-01
    Distress signal received from F/V PY90198 ts in 12-08.46N 115-59.38E at 010023Z oct
    South China Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 2843/202020-10-01 → 2020-10-16
    Distress signal received in 03-45N 109-45E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  50. HYDROPAC 2832/202020-09-30 → 2020-10-16
    Distress signal received in vicinity 09-43N 138-40E at 300246Z sep
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia

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