Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2021

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 2021
1,209
still in force
0
vs 2020
-6%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,006
  • HYDROLANT146
  • NAVAREA IV28
  • NAVAREA XII26
  • HYDROARC3

Where · top seas

South China Sea25130%
North Pacific Ocean14918%
South Pacific Ocean729%
Indian Ocean698%
Arabian Sea627%
Laccadive Sea617%
South Atlantic Ocean567%
North Atlantic Ocean516%
Coral Sea395%
Philippine Sea324%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2021 · 1,209

  1. HYDROPAC 819/212021-03-13 → 2021-03-13
    Vessel disabled and adrift, four persons on board in 03-29N 083-01W
    Eastern North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 817/212021-03-13 → 2021-03-29
    Distress signal received from M/V panos p. in 07-28.7N 138-21.0E
    Western North Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 816/212021-03-13 → 2021-03-20
    F/V qng 92463 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 11-34N 116-36E at…
    South China Sea
  4. HYDROLANT 712/212021-03-12 → 2021-03-26
    M/V volgo balt 179 sinking in vicinity 44-20N 030-20E at 110346Z mar
    Black Sea · Romania
  5. HYDROPAC 809/212021-03-12 → 2021-03-26
    20 meter F/V mary matha, green hull, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in 11-33N 071-47E
    Arabian Sea · Lakshadweep
  6. HYDROPAC 800/212021-03-12 → 2021-03-14
    Tug boat delma, blue and white hull, unreported
    Persian Gulf · Saudi Arabia
  7. HYDROPAC 798/212021-03-12 → 2021-03-26
    13 meter S/V steel band, white hull, two persons on board, overdue tahiti (17-40S 149-25W) to fakarava…
    South Pacific · Tahiti To French Polynesia
  8. HYDROPAC 797/212021-03-12 → 2021-03-26
    23 foot vessel, white hull, five persons on board, overdue
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  9. HYDROPAC 796/212021-03-12 → 2021-03-26
    Distress signal received from vessel izumi in 34-49.8S 029-36.9E 120350Z mar
    Southwestern Indian Ocean
  10. HYDROPAC 795/212021-03-12 → 2021-03-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 793/21 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  11. HYDROPAC 794/212021-03-11 → 2021-03-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-15N 160-15E at 112128Z mar
    North Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 793/212021-03-11 → 2021-03-12
    20 meter vessel klm anika sae, green hull, six persons on board, overdue tg pandan (02-45S 107-37E) to sunda…
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  13. HYDROPAC 788/212021-03-11 → 2021-03-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-43.4N 108-27.4E at 111003Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  14. HYDROPAC 784/212021-03-11 → 2021-03-26
    F/V qna 95122TS, 39 persons on board, disabled in 10-48N 112-25E at 110210Z mar
    South China Sea
  15. HYDROPAC 771/212021-03-09 → 2021-03-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 721/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  16. HYDROPAC 768/212021-03-09 → 2021-03-09
    F/V lian chi sheng 62, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 14-52.44S 066-01.16E at 090416Z mar
    Indian Ocean
  17. HYDROPAC 767/212021-03-09 → 2021-03-26
    M/V olympia possibly disabled due to collision in 13-08.5N 110-49.6E at 090215Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  18. HYDROPAC 763/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-26
    Distress signal received in vicinity 13-48.3S 158-10.9W
    South Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 762/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-26
    Distress signal received from M/V sichem defiance in 03-31.4N 106-23.0E at 081628Z mar
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  20. HYDROPAC 761/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-26
    F/V sri durga, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 06-32N 076-30E at 080930Z
    Arabian Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 756/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-09
    F/V na 96262TS, 18 persons on board, disabled in 18-25N 106-38E at 080700Z mar
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  22. HYDROPAC 752/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-24
    F/V qng 90659TS, 14 persons on board, disabled and anchored in 10-43N 115-52E at 071900Z mar
    South China Sea
  23. HYDROPAC 751/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-26
    16.8 meter F/V master of king, blue and white hull, 16 persons on board, unreported
    Arabian Sea · India
  24. HYDROPAC 750/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-08
    F/V py 99993TS, ten persons on board, taking on water in 08-48.52N 111-57.50E at 080330Z mar
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 748/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-08
    Distress signal received in vicinity 05-35.3S 137-59.5E at 080253Z mar
    Arafura Sea · Indonesia
  26. HYDROPAC 746/212021-03-08 → 2021-03-26
    Man overboard from F/V bt 97468 ts in 07-30N 104-10E at 052200Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROLANT 666/212021-03-07 → 2021-03-26
    38 foot S/V, disabled and taking on water, possible injured crewman, in 29-33.73N 078-51.81W
    Western North Atlantic
  28. HYDROPAC 744/212021-03-06 → 2021-03-26
    M/V gray palm reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 13-15N 060-20E at 1730Z mar
    Arabian Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 743/212021-03-06 → 2021-03-26
    Man overboard from F/V ifb saharaas in vicinity 11-48.3N 074-41.6E at 041400Z mar
    Arabian Sea · India
  30. HYDROPAC 741/212021-03-06 → 2021-03-26
    Man overboard from F/V ifb aishwarya in vicinity 21-33N 068-58E at 050030Z mar
    Arabian Sea · India
  31. HYDROLANT 654/212021-03-06 → 2021-03-09
    Derelict F/V abou marouane sinking in 37-03.9N 007-46.8E
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Algeria
  32. NAVAREA XII 109/212021-03-05 → 2021-03-19
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  33. HYDROPAC 733/212021-03-05 → 2021-03-13
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, eight persons on board, overdue madang (05-14.04S…
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  34. HYDROPAC 721/212021-03-05 → 2021-03-09
    Seven meter vessel, two pob, overdue lihir island (03-11.3S 152-40.7E) to namatanai (03-40.5S 152-26.5E) at…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  35. HYDROPAC 717/212021-03-04 → 2021-03-19
    Man overboard from F/V bt 97947 ts in vicinity 08-59N 104-10E at 020830Z mar
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  36. HYDROPAC 701/212021-03-03 → 2021-03-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 02-12S 130-36E at 031013Z mar
    Ceram Sea · Indonesia
  37. HYDROPAC 694/212021-03-02 → 2021-03-02
    Cancel HYDROPAC 539/21, vessel located safe
    North Pacific · Philippine Sea
  38. NAVAREA XII 103/212021-03-02 → 2021-03-19
    M/V los 3 hnos pacheco, two persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  39. HYDROPAC 688/212021-03-02 → 2021-03-19
    F/V ifb ramedi aai sank in 19-16N 072-34E at 012230Z mar
    Arabian Sea · India
  40. NAVAREA XII 101/212021-03-01 → 2021-03-05
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  41. HYDROPAC 686/212021-03-01 → 2021-03-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-29.8N 132-26.1E at 011822Z mar
    Philippine Sea · Palau
  42. HYDROPAC 682/212021-03-01 → 2021-03-19
    Man overboard from F/V bv 91729 in 09-29N 107-25E at 280930Z feb
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. HYDROLANT 598/212021-03-01 → 2021-03-04
    Derelict 50 meter vessel, red hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 45-15.3N 007-06.6W at 010700Z mar
    Bay of Biscay
  44. NAVAREA XII 100/212021-02-28 → 2021-03-01
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama
  45. HYDROPAC 672/212021-02-28 → 2021-03-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-00N 122-15W
    Eastern North Pacific
  46. HYDROPAC 671/212021-02-27 → 2021-03-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V oca, six persons on board, in 20-25.4S 131-33.7W
    Eastern South Pacific
  47. HYDROLANT 589/212021-02-27 → 2021-03-16
    Distress signal received from three meter vessel, yellow and black hull, in vicinity 36-45N 011-43E
    Strait of Sicily · Pantelleria
  48. HYDROLANT 588/212021-02-27 → 2021-03-16
    Distress signal received from eight meter vessel, orange hull, in vicinity 36-41N 011-57E
    Strait of Sicily · Pantelleria
  49. HYDROLANT 587/212021-02-27 → 2021-03-01
    Derelict 50 meter vessel, red hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 45-22N 006-37W at 271900Z feb
    Bay of Biscay
  50. NAVAREA XII 95/212021-02-27 → 2021-02-28
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-56-25N 079-42-14W at 230400Z feb
    Eastern North Pacific · Gulf of Panama · Panama

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