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. HYDROPAC 285/232023-01-26 → 2023-01-26
    F/V bth 83165 ts, 13 persons on board, sank in 10-29.00N 107-49.00E at 251200Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  2. HYDROPAC 280/232023-01-25 → 2023-01-28
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in vicinity 03-13.10N 109-25.20E at 251404Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  3. HYDROPAC 279/232023-01-25 → 2023-02-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 03-28.00N 090-52.00W on 25 jan
    Eastern North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 275/232023-01-25 → 2023-01-28
    Derelict liferaft adrift in 17-05.60N 117-42.10E at 250850Z jan
    South China Sea
  5. HYDROLANT 201/232023-01-24 → 2023-02-10
    Canoe aissatou seydi, three persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  6. HYDROPAC 264/232023-01-24 → 2023-03-27
    M/V bismillah, eight persons on board, unreported
    Arabian Sea · Somalia
  7. HYDROPAC 263/232023-01-24 → 2023-01-28
    F/V praneeth putha 01, yellow, orange and blue hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Northern Indian Ocean
  8. HYDROPAC 261/232023-01-23 → 2023-02-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 30-41.50N 123-39.70W
    Eastern North Pacific
  9. NAVAREA IV 98/232023-01-23 → 2023-01-23
    Man overboard from F/V marlin star in 07-13.00N 053-52.00W at 230255Z jan
    Western North Atlantic · French Guiana · Suriname
  10. HYDROLANT 184/232023-01-23 → 2023-02-10
    Distress signal received from 36 foot F/V isabella, two persons on board, in 30-55.20N 080-00.10W
    Western North Atlantic · Georgia
  11. HYDROLANT 183/232023-01-23 → 2023-02-10
    Man overboard from F/V marlin star in 07-13.00N 053-52.00W at 230255Z jan
    Western North Atlantic · French Guiana
  12. HYDROLANT 182/232023-01-23 → 2023-02-10
    Man overboard from vessel valaris 121 in 50-36.30N 001-17.50E
    Dover Strait · France
  13. NAVAREA IV 96/232023-01-23 → 2023-02-10
    33 foot S/V freyja, white hull, one person on board, taking on water in 32-36.64N 075-16.80W
    Western North Atlantic
  14. HYDROLANT 181/232023-01-22 → 2023-02-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V rose in vicinity 30-58.50N 014-06.00W at 222012Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 180/232023-01-22 → 2023-02-10
    Distress signal received in 11-21.19N 081-24.76W
    Western Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  16. HYDROPAC 247/232023-01-22 → 2023-02-10
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in vicinity 02-07.30N 106-51.50E at 220335Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  17. HYDROLANT 176/232023-01-21 → 2023-02-10
    Man overboard from M/V msc korea in 19-43.19S 012-19.43W at 211200Z jan
    South Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 175/232023-01-21 → 2023-02-10
    Canoe absas diakhate, two persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  19. HYDROLANT 172/232023-01-21 → 2023-02-10
    Possible persons in water in vicinity 22-39.81N 078-27.01W
    Old Bahama Channel · Western North Atlantic · Cuba
  20. HYDROPAC 246/232023-01-21 → 2023-01-24
    F/V sachini duwa 01, red, white and green hull seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Northern Indian Ocean
  21. HYDROLANT 171/232023-01-21 → 2023-02-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-00.00N 069-45.00W on 21 jan
    Western North Atlantic · Massachusetts
  22. HYDROPAC 240/232023-01-20 → 2023-02-03
    Man overboard from M/V in 01-10.40N 103-57.20E
    Singapore Strait · Indonesia
  23. NAVAREA IV 84/232023-01-20 → 2023-02-03
    M/V sea voyager, nine persons on board, sank
    Caribbean Sea · Colombia
  24. HYDROPAC 230/232023-01-19 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received from MV theodoros p in 15-11.00N 118-26.00E at 191920Z jan
    South China Sea · Philippines
  25. HYDROPAC 226/232023-01-19 → 2023-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-05.50N 158-59.90E at 191023Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 221/232023-01-18 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signals received at 19 jan in: a. 01-44.10N 105-57.90E
    South China Sea · Singapore
  27. HYDROPAC 216/232023-01-18 → 2023-01-19
    F/V sagarath, blue hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 09-19.00N…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  28. HYDROPAC 214/232023-01-18 → 2023-01-21
    Man overboard from F/V bt 4276 ts in 10-00.02N 106-50.24E at 162200Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  29. HYDROPAC 207/232023-01-17 → 2023-01-17
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-28.80N 104-32.70E
    South China Sea · Indonesia · Malaysia
  30. HYDROPAC 204/232023-01-17 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-28.80N 118-16.60E at 170306Z jan
    South China Sea · China
  31. HYDROPAC 203/232023-01-17 → 2023-01-19
    40 foot F/V lokupodi 02, yellow hull, five persons on board, adrift in 04-12.00N 081-08.00E at 130930Z jan
    Northern Indian Ocean
  32. HYDROLANT 136/232023-01-17 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 34-40.00N 074-14.00W at 170021Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  33. HYDROPAC 194/232023-01-16 → 2023-02-03
    11.4 meter F/V kuthubu zaman, blue and black hull, overdue
    Arabian Sea · India · Lakshadweep
  34. HYDROPAC 192/232023-01-16 → 2023-01-16
    Cancel HYDROPAC 188/23 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  35. HYDROPAC 191/232023-01-16 → 2023-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-31.00N 138-23.00E at 160600Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Micronesia, Federated States of
  36. HYDROPAC 190/232023-01-16 → 2023-02-03
    F/V jay bhole on fire in 21-50.40N 069-22.92E
    Arabian Sea · India
  37. HYDROPAC 189/232023-01-16 → 2023-01-28
    Fisherman missing from F/V phuc khanh in vicinity 10-56.61N 108-36.64E at 160130Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  38. HYDROPAC 188/232023-01-16 → 2023-01-16
    Vessel, white hull with orange stripes, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  39. HYDROPAC 184/232023-01-16 → 2023-01-17
    F/V qna 91559 ts, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 15-49.00N 109-28.00E at 151700Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  40. HYDROPAC 183/232023-01-16 → 2023-01-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V voea lat in 20-47.27S 175-04.87W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  41. NAVAREA XII 26/232023-01-16 → 2023-02-03
    Vessel sarchs perch, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 06-14.28N 080-18.09W
    Eastern North Pacific · Panama
  42. HYDROPAC 181/232023-01-15 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel thetisia in vicinity 00-40.00N 103-59.50E at 150627Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  43. NAVAREA XII 24/232023-01-15 → 2023-01-16
    Vessel sarchs perch, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 06-46.61N 080-11.19W
    Eastern North Pacific · Panama
  44. HYDROLANT 125/232023-01-15 → 2023-02-03
    Vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 26-02.90N 078-35.90W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  45. HYDROPAC 179/232023-01-15 → 2023-01-16
    Six meter vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue saposa island (05-35.40S 154-42.30E) to torokina…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  46. HYDROPAC 178/232023-01-15 → 2023-01-15
    39 foot vessel, orange hull, taking on water in 35-13.86S 174-48.20E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  47. HYDROPAC 176/232023-01-14 → 2023-01-14
    Distress signal received in vicinity 35-13.86S 174-48.20E
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  48. HYDROPAC 175/232023-01-14 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 05-00.00N 112-30.00E at 142028Z jan
    South China Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 171/232023-01-14 → 2023-01-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 00-44.70N 103-41.60E at 140626Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  50. HYDROPAC 169/232023-01-14 → 2023-01-16
    Eight foot vessel, grey hull, two persons on board, overdue from tabiteuea north island (01-21.00S…
    Western South Pacific · Kiribati

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