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

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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 3027/212021-10-23 → 2021-10-24
    Six meter vessel, white and orange hull, nine persons on board, adrift in 04-08.3S 146-07.1E at 230310Z oct
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  2. HYDROPAC 3025/212021-10-22 → 2021-10-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V ribuuk meto in vicinity 07-14.4N 169-54.1E at 222116Z oct
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  3. HYDROPAC 3022/212021-10-22 → 2021-10-29
    F/V lulu 01, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 10-47N 088-59E
    Bay of Bengal
  4. HYDROPAC 3016/212021-10-22 → 2021-10-22
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3010/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Christmas Island
  5. HYDROPAC 3013/212021-10-22 → 2021-10-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 31-26.9N 139-05.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 3010/212021-10-21 → 2021-10-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 20 meter S/V diversity II in vicinity 09-28.2S 104-47.8E at 212052Z…
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Christmas Island
  7. HYDROPAC 3008/212021-10-21 → 2021-10-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V alpha jimbo in vicinity 07-00N 134-00E at 210805Z oct
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Palau
  8. HYDROPAC 2998/212021-10-20 → 2021-10-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 15 meter vessel in the moon, nine persons on board, in vicinity…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  9. HYDROPAC 2995/212021-10-19 → 2021-10-21
    Man overboard from M/V in 10-38N 107-48E at 182300Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  10. HYDROPAC 2992/212021-10-19 → 2021-10-19
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2980/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Bass Strait · Tasmania
  11. HYDROPAC 2991/212021-10-19 → 2021-10-19
    F/V qna 02663 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 15-03N 109-05E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  12. HYDROPAC 2990/212021-10-19 → 2021-10-21
    42 foot S/V heritage, one person on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 34-02.8S 173-28.6E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  13. HYDROPAC 2988/212021-10-19 → 2021-10-19
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2978/21 and this msg, persons rescued
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  14. HYDROPAC 2985/212021-10-18 → 2021-10-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 28-16.9S 154-34.4E at 182119Z oct
    Coral Sea · Australia-east Coast
  15. HYDROPAC 2984/212021-10-18 → 2021-11-05
    F/V qng 11684 ts, four persons on board, unreported in the vicinity 15-34N 109-15E at 162350Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  16. HYDROPAC 2983/212021-10-18 → 2021-10-18
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2979/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 2980/212021-10-18 → 2021-10-19
    Five meter vessel, three persons on board, overdue
    Bass Strait · Tasmania
  18. HYDROPAC 2979/212021-10-18 → 2021-10-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 33-15N 123-45W
    Eastern North Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 2978/212021-10-18 → 2021-10-19
    Vessel, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 06-59.6S 147-04.7E at 172300Z oct
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  20. HYDROPAC 2959/212021-10-17 → 2021-10-19
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 09-10N 104-45E at 152130Z oct
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  21. HYDROPAC 2957/212021-10-17 → 2021-10-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 04-48.3S 080-23.2E at 170548Z oct
    Indian Ocean
  22. HYDROPAC 2945/212021-10-16 → 2021-10-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2943/21 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Coral Sea · Australia
  23. HYDROPAC 2943/212021-10-16 → 2021-10-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 26-16.4S 153-38.4E at 160136Z oct
    Coral Sea · Australia
  24. HYDROPAC 2942/212021-10-15 → 2021-10-22
    11 meter F/V lulu 01, blue and while hull, four persons on board, unreported between valachanai harbour…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  25. HYDROPAC 2939/212021-10-15 → 2021-10-29
    Three meter canoe, blue hull, one person on board, overdue makin island kiribati (03-22N 172-58E)
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  26. NAVAREA IV 934/212021-10-15 → 2021-10-15
    Cancel NAVAREA IV 931/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Western North Atlantic
  27. NAVAREA IV 931/212021-10-14 → 2021-10-15
    Distress signal received in 33-00N 075-00W
    Western North Atlantic
  28. HYDROPAC 2934/212021-10-14 → 2021-10-29
    F/V rafkhana, four persons on board, overdue
    Arabian Sea · India
  29. HYDROPAC 2921/212021-10-13 → 2021-10-29
    Man overboard from vessel in 09-10.10N 076-19.95E
    Arabian Sea · India
  30. HYDROPAC 2913/212021-10-12 → 2021-10-29
    Man overboard from F/V cherattayil in 10-17.3N 075-46.8E
    Arabian Sea · India
  31. HYDROPAC 2912/212021-10-12 → 2021-10-12
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2910/21 and this msg, search suspended
    Eastern North Pacific
  32. HYDROPAC 2910/212021-10-12 → 2021-10-12
    Distress signal received in 23-04N 131-51W
    Eastern North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 2905/212021-10-12 → 2021-10-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-09.47N 071-52.93E at 120317Z oct
    Arabian Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 2904/212021-10-12 → 2021-10-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 33 foot S/V ananda, black hull, one person on board in vicinity…
    Eastern North Pacific
  35. HYDROPAC 2903/212021-10-11 → 2021-10-29
    Man overboard from F/V in vicinity 13-04.0N 080-30.2E at 092130Z oct
    Bay of Bengal · India
  36. HYDROPAC 2901/212021-10-11 → 2021-10-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 10-09.3N 111-26.2E at 111201Z oct
    South China Sea
  37. HYDROPAC 2887/212021-10-09 → 2021-10-12
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 36-04.8N 177-45.3E at 091812Z oct
    North Pacific
  38. HYDROPAC 2881/212021-10-09 → 2021-10-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2879/21 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  39. HYDROPAC 2879/212021-10-09 → 2021-10-09
    Seven meter F/V, white hull with yellow stripes, three persons on board, overdue buka passage (05-28.11S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  40. HYDROPAC 2878/212021-10-08 → 2021-10-22
    Distress signal received in 01-13.08N 105-09.75E at 081300Z oct
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  41. HYDROPAC 2869/212021-10-08 → 2021-10-22
    Distress signal received in vicinity 07-01N 107-15E at 080540Z oct
    South China Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 2866/212021-10-08 → 2021-10-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-55.9N 170-45.2E at 070042Z oct
    North Pacific
  43. HYDROPAC 2856/212021-10-07 → 2021-10-07
    Three vessels unreported in: a. F/V lu quing yuan yu 115 last known position in 02-24.39S 060-45.25E
    Western Indian Ocean
  44. HYDROPAC 2845/212021-10-06 → 2021-10-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V tai shan 2 in 09-03N 107-55E at 052024Z oct
    South China Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 2844/212021-10-06 → 2021-10-09
    Derelict M/V annai vailankanne arockia vennila sinking and adrift in vicinity 06-18.2N 076-44.1E
    Northern Indian Ocean
  46. HYDROPAC 2842/212021-10-06 → 2021-10-22
    F/V lakmini 06, red and yellow hull, six persons on board, adrift in vicinity 08-56N 068-58E at 050430Z oct
    Arabian Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 2841/212021-10-06 → 2021-10-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V tetsuryu maru no 3 in 09-03.9N 107-56.4E at 052025Z oct
    South China Sea
  48. HYDROPAC 2839/212021-10-06 → 2021-10-06
    Cancel HYDROPAC 2831/21 and this msg, persons rescued
    Arabian Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 2838/212021-10-06 → 2021-10-06
    F/V lakmini 06, red and yellow hull, six persons on board, adrift in vicinity 08-56N 068-58E at 050430Z oct
    Arabian Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 2836/212021-10-06 → 2021-10-06
    F/V lakmini 06, red and yellow hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 08-56N 068-58E at 050440Z…
    Arabian Sea

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