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 35/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-04
    F/V sinking in 17-31.00N 071-44.00E
    Arabian Sea · India
  2. HYDROLANT 20/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-03
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 38-54.00N 072-25.00W at 030119Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  3. HYDROPAC 30/232023-01-02 → 2023-01-20
    Man overboard from vessel aersostar in 20-12.42N 072-39.27E
    Gulf of Khambhat · India
  4. HYDROPAC 24/232023-01-02 → 2023-01-02
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3697/22 and this msg, vessel located safe
    Southeastern Indian Ocean
  5. HYDROLANT 10/232023-01-02 → 2023-01-20
    Man overboard from vessel in 22-56.97S 043-52.82W on 01 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  6. HYDROPAC 17/232023-01-02 → 2023-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-01.00N 078-54.30E at 020327Z jan
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  7. HYDROLANT 9/232023-01-02 → 2023-01-20
    Vessel, 80 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 33-07.00N 014-16.00E at 020234Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  8. HYDROPAC 10/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-20
    F/V qng 90631 ts, eight persons on board, flooding in 12-33.00N 110-41.00E at 011755Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  9. HYDROLANT 7/232023-01-01 → 2023-05-19
    25 foot vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in 27-50.70N 092-31.10W at 011719 jan
    Gulf of Mexico
  10. HYDROPAC 9/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-01
    F/V qng 90631 ts, eight persons on board, flooding in 12-37.00N 110-41.00E at 311700Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  11. HYDROLANT 6/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 40 foot F/V liberty belle in 26-58.27N 083-45.93W
    Gulf of Mexico · Florida
  12. HYDROLANT 4/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-20
    Vessel, 46 persons on board, adrift and requesting assistance in 33-58.00N 018-26.00E at 011015Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 7/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-04
    Derelict F/V, blue hull, capsized and adrift in 07-54.90N 107-57.90E at 010121Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  14. HYDROPAC 6/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-01
    Derelict F/V, blue hull, capsized and adrift in 07-54.90N 107-57.90E at 010121Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  15. HYDROPAC 5/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-20
    70 meter vessel km hosanna, unreported
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  16. HYDROLANT 2/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-01
    Vessel, 50 persons on board, adrift and requesting assistance in 33-37.00N 017-30.00E at 010518Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  17. HYDROPAC 4/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-03
    F/V qb 98592 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 17-09.00N…
    South China Sea · Vietnam

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