Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2023

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 2023
1,417
still in force
0
vs 2022
0%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC945
  • HYDROLANT400
  • NAVAREA IV47
  • NAVAREA XII21
  • HYDROARC4

Where · top seas

South China Sea25625%
North Atlantic Ocean20821%
North Pacific Ocean13313%
Indian Ocean929%
South Pacific Ocean868%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin535%
Coral Sea515%
Gulf of Mexico495%
South Atlantic Ocean454%
Caribbean Sea414%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2023 · 1,417

  1. HYDROPAC 4069/232023-12-31 → 2024-01-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-45.00N 160-30.00W at 310053Z dec
    North Pacific · Kiribati
  2. HYDROPAC 4067/232023-12-30 → 2023-12-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-47.30N 148-22.10E at 301156Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  3. HYDROLANT 2978/232023-12-30 → 2024-01-19
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-55.00N 012-30.00E at 301028Z dec
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  4. HYDROLANT 2977/232023-12-30 → 2024-01-19
    Man overboard from vessel in 24-06.28S 045-07.53W at 300001Z dec
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  5. HYDROPAC 4063/232023-12-30 → 2024-01-19
    Man overboard from M/V tivoli park in 20-55.00N 069-09.00E at 291510Z dec
    Arabian Sea · India
  6. HYDROLANT 2971/232023-12-29 → 2024-01-01
    Distress signal received, derelict S/V kristen jayne adrift in 03-12.50N 031-26.60W at 251740Z dec
    North Atlantic
  7. HYDROPAC 4056/232023-12-29 → 2024-01-26
    Distress signal received in 31-14.00S 171-58.00E
    Western South Pacific
  8. HYDROPAC 4050/232023-12-29 → 2023-12-30
    F/V kh 96417 ts, ten persons on board, F/V kh 91656 ts, three persons on board, disabled due to engine…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 4048/232023-12-29 → 2024-01-12
    F/V kg 94045 ts, four persons on board, sank in 07-25.00N 105-25.00E at 251400Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  10. HYDROPAC 4047/232023-12-29 → 2024-01-12
    F/V tv 92020 ts, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  11. HYDROLANT 2965/232023-12-29 → 2024-01-12
    Distress signal received from 36 foot S/V southern cross, green hull, three persons onboard in 28-07.55N…
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  12. HYDROPAC 4044/232023-12-28 → 2024-01-03
    F/V nd 92216 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 17-58.00N 107-40.00E on…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  13. HYDROPAC 4035/232023-12-28 → 2024-01-03
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, three persons on board, overdue tanga island (03-22.50S…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  14. HYDROLANT 2955/232023-12-28 → 2024-01-12
    Vessel, wooden hull, 36 persons on board, requesting assistance
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Greece
  15. HYDROLANT 2954/232023-12-27 → 2024-01-12
    48 foot S/V the guajira, blue hull, one person on board, overdue
    North Atlantic
  16. HYDROARC 330/232023-12-27 → 2023-12-27
    48 foot S/V the guajira, blue hull, one person on board, overdue
    North Atlantic
  17. HYDROPAC 4032/232023-12-27 → 2024-01-12
    Fisherman missing from vessel in 00-42.00S 073-09.00E at 211650Z dec
    Arabian Sea · Maldives
  18. HYDROPAC 4031/232023-12-27 → 2023-12-28
    45 foot F/V lion brothers, yellow, green and red hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  19. HYDROPAC 4028/232023-12-27 → 2024-01-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 06-33.12N 079-55.03E at 262317Z dec
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  20. HYDROPAC 4027/232023-12-26 → 2024-01-12
    Distress signal received from F/V bd 96425 ts, four persons onboard, in 08-43.00N 114-49.00E at 261742Z dec
    South China Sea
  21. HYDROPAC 4024/232023-12-26 → 2023-12-29
    F/V tv 92020 ts, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  22. HYDROPAC 4023/232023-12-26 → 2023-12-26
    M/V apollo triumph on fire in 17-30.00S 040-52.00E
    Mozambique Channel · Mozambique
  23. HYDROPAC 4018/232023-12-26 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 00-00.00N 155-00.00E at 261010Z dec
    Western Pacific Ocean
  24. HYDROPAC 4014/232023-12-25 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-41.00N 159-44.0E at 252048Z dec
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia
  25. HYDROLANT 2940/232023-12-25 → 2024-01-12
    Distress signal received in 03-08.47N 031-23.80W
    North Atlantic
  26. HYDROPAC 4012/232023-12-25 → 2024-01-12
    Seven persons in the water in 17-21.46N 072-46.58E
    Arabian Sea · India
  27. HYDROPAC 4009/232023-12-25 → 2023-12-25
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4005/23 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Northern Indian Ocean · Gulf of Mannar · Sri Lanka
  28. HYDROPAC 4008/232023-12-25 → 2024-01-12
    F/V py 96121 ts, five persons on board, sank in 10-40.0N 108-57.0E at 241816Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  29. HYDROPAC 4005/232023-12-24 → 2023-12-25
    F/V, orange hull, two persons on board, overdue
    Northern Indian Ocean · Gulf of Mannar · Sri Lanka
  30. HYDROPAC 4003/232023-12-24 → 2024-01-12
    F/V bl 91719 ts sank in 09-34.58N 106-48.85E at 230930Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  31. HYDROPAC 4002/232023-12-24 → 2024-01-12
    F/V qb 98065 ts, eight persons on board disabled and adrift in 16-57N 108-34E at 231300Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  32. HYDROPAC 4001/232023-12-24 → 2023-12-24
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3997/23 and this msg, persons rescued
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  33. HYDROPAC 3998/232023-12-23 → 2023-12-28
    40 foot F/V bimanya 02, blue hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…
    Indian Ocean
  34. HYDROPAC 3997/232023-12-23 → 2023-12-24
    Man overboard from vessel in 05-59.14S 147-46.40E at 230800Z dec
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  35. HYDROPAC 3994/232023-12-23 → 2024-01-12
    52 meter F/V kinei maru, 24 persons on board on fire in 11-23.00S 147-58.00E at 222216Z dec
    Coral Sea · Papua New Guinea
  36. HYDROPAC 3983/232023-12-22 → 2024-01-12
    Distress signal received from vessel in 00-27.30N 104-39.40E at 220003Z dec
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  37. NAVAREA IV 1486/232023-12-22 → 2024-01-12
    37 foot F/V georgia p, white hull, two persons onboard, disabled due to engine failure in 29-16.70N 088-18.10W
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  38. HYDROPAC 3979/232023-12-21 → 2023-12-24
    Man overboard from F/V CT4-3264 in vicinity 21-58.00N 118-33.00E at 210400Z dec
    South China Sea
  39. HYDROPAC 3975/232023-12-21 → 2024-01-05
    Vessel bigetron GT-6, blue and white hull, 28 persons on board, unreported
    Makassar Strait · Indonesia
  40. HYDROPAC 3974/232023-12-20 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 16-01.20S 173-49.10W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  41. HYDROLANT 2924/232023-12-20 → 2024-01-05
    F/V nuria, four persons on board, overdue from kenitra, morocco (34-15.89N 006-40.95W) at 192200Z dec
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  42. HYDROPAC 3973/232023-12-20 → 2024-01-05
    M/V km vision global sinking, 13 persons found in liferaft, eight persons missing in vicinity 07-28.40S…
    Bali Sea · Indonesia
  43. HYDROLANT 2918/232023-12-20 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received from 140 foot M/V gol dancer, up to six persons on board, taking on water in…
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  44. HYDROPAC 3969/232023-12-20 → 2023-12-20
    F/V qb 98201 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 17-18.00N 108-17.00E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  45. HYDROPAC 3967/232023-12-20 → 2023-12-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3949/23 and this msg, person rescued
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  46. HYDROLANT 2916/232023-12-19 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-29.80N 071-59.80W at 192252Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  47. NAVAREA IV 1472/232023-12-18 → 2023-12-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz in 20-16.20N 040-23.40W at 181927Z dec
    North Atlantic
  48. HYDROPAC 3956/232023-12-18 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-33.00N 162-53.00E at 180025Z dec
    North Pacific
  49. HYDROPAC 3949/232023-12-18 → 2023-12-20
    Man overboard from F/V bt 93963 ts in 09-42.73N 106-53.73E at 171650Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  50. HYDROPAC 3946/232023-12-17 → 2023-12-19
    40 foot F/V warshana putha 03, orange hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure…
    Northern Indian Ocean

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