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. HYDROLANT 116/232023-01-14 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 33-34.10N 049-15.10W
    Western North Atlantic
  2. HYDROPAC 164/232023-01-13 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-00.00N 128-45.00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  3. HYDROLANT 114/232023-01-13 → 2023-01-15
    Derelict vessel, white and red hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 45-14.00N 008-36.00W at 121200Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic · Spain
  4. HYDROLANT 111/232023-01-13 → 2023-01-15
    Derelict vessel, white and red hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 45-00.00N 009-40.00W at 101800Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  5. HYDROPAC 152/232023-01-13 → 2023-01-13
    Distress signal received in vicinity 19-07.80N 160-37.00W
    North Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 150/232023-01-13 → 2023-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-20.03N 158-18.15E at 122238Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  7. HYDROLANT 106/232023-01-12 → 2023-01-27
    30 foot S/V aquilom, two persons on board, unreported lake worth (26-36.33N 080-00.98W) to freeport…
    Western North Atlantic · Florida To Bahamas
  8. HYDROLANT 105/232023-01-12 → 2023-01-15
    Derelict vessel, white and red hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 45-00.00N 009-40.00W at 101800Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  9. HYDROPAC 141/232023-01-12 → 2023-01-27
    85 foot F/V lady anna taking on water in 32-58.16N 151-05.10W at 120200Z jan
    Eastern North Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 138/232023-01-12 → 2023-01-27
    Vessel, 34 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 03-24.23N 126-51.16E at 112023Z jan
    Molucca Sea · Indonesia
  11. HYDROPAC 131/232023-01-11 → 2023-01-16
    Distress signal received from vessel grand ace 10 in 04-59.80N 098-15.20E
    Strait of Malacca · Indonesia
  12. HYDROPAC 130/232023-01-11 → 2023-01-14
    Derelict vessel don santiago capsized and adrift in vicinity 36-57.70S 073-23.80W
    Eastern South Pacific · Chile
  13. HYDROPAC 129/232023-01-11 → 2023-01-27
    34 foot F/V nadeera putha 02, white and red hull, two persons on board, unreported
    Gulf of Mannar · Sri Lanka
  14. HYDROLANT 94/232023-01-11 → 2023-01-14
    Derelict 25 foot vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in 28-17.35N 088-16.67W
    Gulf of Mexico · Louisiana
  15. HYDROLANT 93/232023-01-10 → 2023-01-27
    Canoe serigne babacar, brown and white hull, seven persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity…
    Eastern North Atlantic · The Gambia
  16. HYDROLANT 92/232023-01-10 → 2023-01-13
    Derelict vessel, white and red hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 45-00.00N 009-40.00W at 101800Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  17. HYDROLANT 86/232023-01-10 → 2023-01-10
    Derelict vessel white and red hull capsized and adrift in vicinity 47-57.00N 012-06.00W at 101230Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 84/232023-01-10 → 2023-01-10
    Derelict vessel white and red hull capsized and adrift in vicinity 45-00.00N 009-40.00W at 101000Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  19. HYDROPAC 115/232023-01-10 → 2023-01-10
    Vessel, three persons on board, taking on water in 05-42.00N 171-36.00E at 100619Z jan
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  20. HYDROPAC 110/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-27
    40 foot F/V kristali duwa, blue and yellow hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine…
    Arabian Sea · Maldives
  21. HYDROPAC 104/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-53.58N 104-06.24E at 081941Z jan
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  22. HYDROPAC 103/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 81/23 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  23. HYDROLANT 70/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-27
    Distress signal received from S/V etor in 16-17.60N 029-19.00W at 090519Z jan
    North Atlantic
  24. HYDROPAC 101/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-09
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3703/22 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Sulu Sea · Philippines
  25. HYDROPAC 98/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 4.8 meter vessel all for the boys in 19-33.27S 148-22.27E at…
    Coral Sea · Australia
  26. HYDROPAC 97/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-27
    Distress signal on 406MHZ received from M/V aulac vanguard in 04-56.76N 104-07.92E at 081855Z jan
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  27. HYDROPAC 94/232023-01-08 → 2023-01-08
    Cancel msg HYDROPAC 89/23 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  28. HYDROPAC 89/232023-01-08 → 2023-01-08
    Distress signal received from tug sds 48 in 00-52.60S 104-47.70E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  29. HYDROPAC 82/232023-01-07 → 2023-01-09
    40 foot F/V kristali duwa, blue and yellow hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 07-27.00N…
    Arabian Sea · Maldives
  30. HYDROPAC 81/232023-01-07 → 2023-01-09
    Seven meter M/V, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue new hanover island (02-20.00S 150-01.00E) to…
    Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  31. NAVAREA IV 25/232023-01-06 → 2023-01-09
    Derelict tug eg express and barge winbuild 1810 capsized and adrift in 17-55.37N 063-29.99W 2. cancel this…
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Netherlands Antilles
  32. HYDROLANT 56/232023-01-06 → 2023-01-09
    Derelict vessel, white and red hull, capsized and adrift in 44-48.00N 010-38.70W at 061630Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  33. NAVAREA IV 23/232023-01-06 → 2023-01-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-13.80N 071-07.60W
    Western North Atlantic
  34. HYDROPAC 65/232023-01-06 → 2023-01-09
    Man overboard from M/V binh an ha tien 1 in 10-20.04N 104-26.03E at 051340Z jan
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  35. HYDROPAC 62/232023-01-05 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-23.40N 112-00.36E at 051340Z jan
    South China Sea
  36. HYDROPAC 61/232023-01-05 → 2023-01-05
    Cancel HYDROPAC 51/23 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  37. HYDROPAC 54/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in in 01-46.30N 108-02.80E.AT 042050Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  38. HYDROPAC 52/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3698/22 and this msg, search suspended
    Flores Sea · Indonesia
  39. HYDROPAC 51/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-05
    F/V amith putha 02, yellow hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  40. HYDROPAC 50/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-20
    F/V ratna sagar sank in 17-31.00N 071-44.00E
    Arabian Sea · India
  41. HYDROPAC 49/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-20
    M/V triton harmony, 18 persons on board, flooding in 19-50.00N 068-05.70E
    Arabian Sea
  42. HYDROPAC 48/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-05
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripes, six persons on board, disabled and adrift between aitape…
    Bismarck Sea · Western South Pacific · Papua New Guinea
  43. HYDROPAC 47/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-15.00N 110-15.00E at 040236Z jan
    South China Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 45/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-06
    177 foot F/V lucky tj, ten persons on board, disabled due to engine failure in 19-16.46N 160-33.70W
    North Pacific
  45. HYDROPAC 44/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-24.00N 122-47.00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  46. HYDROLANT 24/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-06
    Derelict vessel, white and red hull, capsized and adrift in 44-32.30N 011-05.30W at 031200Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  47. HYDROPAC 41/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-05
    F/V, blue hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-40.00N 082-24.00E at…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  48. HYDROPAC 40/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-20
    Seven persons missing from F/V moine capsized and adrift in 20-30.00N 072-39.00E at 030700Z jan
    Gulf of Khambhat · India
  49. HYDROPAC 37/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-05
    Seven meter vessel, five persons on board, overdue bagbag island (04-47.60S 146-13.20E) to kimbe (05-33.00S…
    Bismarck Sea · Papua New Guinea
  50. HYDROPAC 36/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-05
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, seven persons on board, overdue alotau (10-18.36S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea

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