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

By month

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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. HYDROLANT 682/232023-03-28 → 2023-03-31
    Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity 27-22.03N 094-28.06W
    Gulf of Mexico
  2. HYDROPAC 1058/232023-03-28 → 2023-03-29
    26 meter F/V lien sheng fa capsized and adrift in 18-16.43S 055-49.00E at 280900Z mar
    Western Indian Ocean
  3. HYDROPAC 1047/232023-03-28 → 2023-04-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-30.00S 156-45.00W
    South Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 1043/232023-03-28 → 2023-03-28
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1042/23 and this msg, persons rescued
    Torres Strait · Australia
  5. HYDROPAC 1042/232023-03-28 → 2023-03-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel, three persons on board, in 10-20.80S 142-33.20E…
    Torres Strait · Australia
  6. HYDROPAC 1040/232023-03-27 → 2023-03-28
    Person missing from F/V bth 89053 ts in 11-00.33N 108-27.80E at 271230Z mar
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  7. HYDROPAC 1039/232023-03-27 → 2023-04-14
    F/V alleluya, green hull, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-11.52N…
    Arabian Sea
  8. HYDROLANT 664/232023-03-26 → 2023-04-14
    Man overboard from vessel in 06-53.00S 034-35.00W on 23 mar
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  9. HYDROLANT 663/232023-03-26 → 2023-04-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 40 foot vessel in 24-54.20N 088-07.30W at 261211Z mar
    Gulf of Mexico
  10. HYDROPAC 1026/232023-03-26 → 2023-04-14
    Distress signal received from M/V t arcturus in 12-36.00N 111-13.00E
    South China Sea
  11. HYDROPAC 1023/232023-03-25 → 2023-03-25
    Cancel HYDROPAC 1020/23 and this msg, persons rescued
    Northern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  12. HYDROPAC 1022/232023-03-25 → 2023-04-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V windown, white hull, two persons on board, in vicinity…
    Tasman Sea · Tasmania
  13. HYDROPAC 1020/232023-03-25 → 2023-03-25
    Vessel, 12 persons on board, sinking in 00-06.54N 099-23.64E
    Northern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  14. HYDROPAC 1019/232023-03-25 → 2023-03-26
    M/V, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 01-56.29S 099-35.16E
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Indonesia
  15. HYDROPAC 1018/232023-03-25 → 2023-04-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-04.40S 095-34.27W
    Eastern South Pacific
  16. HYDROPAC 1007/232023-03-24 → 2023-03-24
    S/V nini wahuni, five persons on board, dismasted in 14-50.40N 120-21.50
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 1001/232023-03-24 → 2023-04-07
    Canoe unreported
    Mozambique Channel · Comoros · Mayotte
  18. HYDROPAC 993/232023-03-24 → 2023-03-25
    F/V bth 99334 ts, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-24.68N 108-36.79E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROLANT 643/232023-03-24 → 2023-04-07
    Man overboard from vessel in 06-52.98S 034-34.98W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  20. HYDROPAC 974/232023-03-23 → 2023-03-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-32.00N 078-05.00E at 230330Z mar
    Northern Indian Ocean
  21. HYDROPAC 969/232023-03-22 → 2023-04-07
    12 meter S/V exultet II, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue sri lanka (06-56.00N 079-52.00E) to…
    Arabian Sea · Gulf of Aden · Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka To Djibouti
  22. HYDROPAC 968/232023-03-22 → 2023-03-24
    F/V kh 95346 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken shaft in 12-01.00N 110-48.00E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  23. HYDROPAC 965/232023-03-22 → 2023-03-22
    F/V kh 95346 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken shaft in 11-59.00N 110-51.00E at…
    South China Sea
  24. HYDROPAC 963/232023-03-22 → 2023-04-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 07-00.46N 103-37.58E at 220130Z mar
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  25. HYDROLANT 629/232023-03-22 → 2023-04-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 60-28.40N 024-56.20W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  26. HYDROPAC 959/232023-03-21 → 2023-03-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 879/23 and this msg, search suspended
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  27. NAVAREA IV 319/232023-03-21 → 2023-04-07
    20 to 25 foot vessel, four persons on board, overdue port lucaya marina (25-31.18N 078-39.27W) to bimini…
    Straits of Florida · Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  28. HYDROPAC 958/232023-03-21 → 2023-04-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 20-58.33S 174-59.80W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  29. HYDROPAC 957/232023-03-21 → 2023-03-22
    Five meter vessel, one person on board, overdue from dampier archipelago (20-32.00S 116-36.00E)
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia
  30. HYDROPAC 956/232023-03-21 → 2023-03-22
    F/V kh 95346 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken shaft in 11-57.00N 110-57.00E at…
    South China Sea
  31. HYDROPAC 954/232023-03-21 → 2023-03-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 05-48.00N 125-38.00W at 211046Z mar
    Eastern North Pacific
  32. HYDROPAC 949/232023-03-21 → 2023-03-21
    F/V kh 95346 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity in 11-59.00N 110-59.00E at 210614Z mar
    South China Sea
  33. HYDROPAC 947/232023-03-21 → 2023-03-21
    Cancel HYDROPAC 943/23 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bass Strait · Australia
  34. HYDROPAC 943/232023-03-21 → 2023-03-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from nine meter S/V la balsa in 39-04.73S 146-10.07E at 210442Z mar
    Bass Strait · Australia
  35. HYDROPAC 938/232023-03-21 → 2023-03-21
    F/V kh 95346 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 12-01.00N 111-00.00E at 210014Z mar
    South China Sea
  36. HYDROLANT 616/232023-03-20 → 2023-04-07
    25 foot vessel, four persons on board, overdue port lucaya (26-30.91N 078-38.27W) to bimini (25-44.00N…
    Straits of Florida · Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  37. HYDROPAC 932/232023-03-20 → 2023-03-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 931/23 and this msg, persons rescued
    Bass Strait · Australia
  38. HYDROPAC 931/232023-03-20 → 2023-03-20
    Eight meter M/V larus, two persons on board, sinking and crew abandoning ship in 39-10.00S 146-16.40E at…
    Bass Strait · Australia
  39. HYDROPAC 925/232023-03-20 → 2023-03-23
    Derelict vessel, blue hull, capsized and adrift in 20-56.83S 055-00.46E
    Western Indian Ocean · Reunion
  40. HYDROPAC 917/232023-03-20 → 2023-04-07
    Distress signal received in vicinity 30-53.60S 030-42.00E
    Southwestern Indian Ocean · South Africa
  41. NAVAREA XII 133/232023-03-20 → 2023-03-23
    Derelict 50 foot vessel, blue hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 27-57.00N 145-46.00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  42. HYDROPAC 907/232023-03-19 → 2023-03-19
    F/V kh 98578 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-05.00N 109-08.00E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. HYDROPAC 906/232023-03-19 → 2023-03-21
    F/V qng 95454 ts, 44 persons on board, one person requiring medical assistance, disabled and adrift due to…
    South China Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 904/232023-03-18 → 2023-03-19
    F/V qng 95454 ts, 44 persons on board, one person requiring medical assistance, disabled and adrift due to…
    South China Sea
  45. HYDROLANT 596/232023-03-18 → 2023-04-07
    M/V fulmar reports crewman with cardiorespiratory arrest requiring medical evacuation in 30-48.00N…
    North Atlantic
  46. HYDROPAC 894/232023-03-17 → 2023-03-31
    S/V cepa reports crewman having a stroke and requiring medical assistance in vicinity 11-14.00S 121-09.00W
    Eastern South Pacific
  47. HYDROPAC 893/232023-03-17 → 2023-03-21
    55 foot S/V ishi, white hull, one person on board, unreported oahu (21-14.50N 157-52.00W) to maui or the…
    Eastern North Pacific · Hawaii
  48. HYDROPAC 884/232023-03-17 → 2023-03-18
    F/V qng 55766 ts, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-31.00N 109-58.00E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  49. HYDROPAC 882/232023-03-17 → 2023-03-31
    Man overboard from vessel in 38-52.10S 178-27.80E at 170354Z mar
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  50. HYDROPAC 879/232023-03-16 → 2023-03-21
    23 foot vessel, two persons on board, unreported bagabag island (04-47.94S 146-16.20E) to kimbe (05-33.00S…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea

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