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 3760/232023-11-28 → 2023-12-15
    Distress signal received from vessel in 08-16.68N 124-15.84E at 280053Z nov
    Bohol Sea · Philippines
  2. HYDROPAC 3755/232023-11-27 → 2023-12-15
    Vessel al-rasikh, four persons on board, unreported
    Arabian Sea · Oman
  3. HYDROPAC 3751/232023-11-27 → 2023-12-15
    42 foot F/V sadupama, white and blue hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure…
    Indian Ocean
  4. HYDROPAC 3748/232023-11-27 → 2023-12-15
    Man overboard from vessel F/V qb 98312 ts in 18-00.00N 107-32.00E at 262130Z nov vessels in vicinity…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  5. HYDROPAC 3747/232023-11-27 → 2023-11-28
    F/V bd 98833 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 11-20.00N 111-14.00E
    South China Sea
  6. HYDROPAC 3746/232023-11-27 → 2023-12-15
    F/V bth 84406 ts, four persons on board, sank in 10-33.25N 107-47.00E 262100Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  7. HYDROPAC 3745/232023-11-27 → 2023-11-27
    F/V bd 98833 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 11-18.00N 111-14.00E at 270015Z nov
    South China Sea
  8. NAVAREA IV 1366/232023-11-26 → 2023-12-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 56 meter tug marilys aj in vicinity 07-05.00N 050-38.00W at 261704Z…
    Western North Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 2728/232023-11-26 → 2023-12-15
    S/V miramar, white hull, four persons on board unreported
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  10. HYDROPAC 3729/232023-11-25 → 2023-11-25
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3725/23 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea
  11. HYDROPAC 3727/232023-11-24 → 2023-11-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 29-57.10S 114-58.00E at 242236Z nov
    Eastern Indian Ocean · Australia
  12. HYDROPAC 3726/232023-11-24 → 2023-11-25
    Eight meter vessel raven, white hull, one person on board, unreported
    Western South Pacific · New Zealand
  13. HYDROLANT 2715/232023-11-24 → 2023-12-15
    S/V tango mara, two persons onboard, overdue palermo (38-07.77N 013-22.26E) to cagliari (39-12.23N 009-06.88E)
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Italy
  14. HYDROPAC 3725/232023-11-24 → 2023-11-25
    F/V kh 91379 ts, 11 persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea
  15. HYDROPAC 3724/232023-11-24 → 2023-11-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 26 foot vessel cabare 2, three persons onboard, in 38-19.27S…
    Tasman Sea · New Zealand
  16. HYDROPAC 3722/232023-11-24 → 2023-12-15
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 02-59.50N 105-38.80E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  17. HYDROPAC 3715/232023-11-24 → 2023-12-15
    Man overboard from vessel chiyo maru in 23-57.00N 133-13.00E at 240330Z nov
    Philippine Sea
  18. HYDROPAC 3712/232023-11-24 → 2023-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in vicinity 03-00.50N 105-42.00E at 240422Z nov
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  19. HYDROPAC 3710/232023-11-24 → 2023-11-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 03-08.00N 154-01.00E at 111529Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  20. HYDROLANT 2704/232023-11-23 → 2023-12-08
    Six meter M/V le mohican II, white hull, one person on board, overdue port of menton (43-46.42N 007-30.57E)
    Western Mediterranean Sea · France
  21. HYDROPAC 3703/232023-11-23 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from vessel delnavaz in vicinity 02-11.00N 104-52.00E at 231121Z nov
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  22. HYDROPAC 3702/232023-11-23 → 2023-11-24
    F/V qt 95069 ts, six persons on board, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 17-51.00N 107-22.00E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  23. HYDROPAC 3694/232023-11-23 → 2023-12-08
    F/V, one person on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  24. HYDROLANT 2699/232023-11-23 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received in 27-08.00S 001-18.00E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  25. HYDROPAC 3690/232023-11-22 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 03-36.60N 107-57.00E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  26. HYDROPAC 3680/232023-11-22 → 2023-11-24
    Vessel F/V bth 98866 ts, three persons on board, sank in 10-25.00N 107-38.60E at 211730Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROPAC 3678/232023-11-22 → 2023-12-08
    36 foot S/V andiamo, white hull, two persons on board, overdue vava'u (18-39.10S 173-59.00W) to fiji…
    South Pacific · Tonga To Fiji
  28. HYDROPAC 3677/232023-11-22 → 2023-11-28
    Man overboard from vessel km tiger tg 1 in 03-33.20S 108-24.60E
    Java Sea · Indonesia
  29. NAVAREA IV 1350/232023-11-21 → 2023-12-01
    Distress signal received in 22-57.40N 070-50.30W
    Western North Atlantic · Turks and Caicos Islands
  30. HYDROPAC 3676/232023-11-21 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from vessel in 04-34.26N 092-25.30E
    Northern Indian Ocean
  31. HYDROLANT 2675/232023-11-21 → 2023-11-22
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 03-36.6 n 107-57.0 e. vessels in vicinity requested to keep…
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  32. HYDROLANT 2674/232023-11-21 → 2023-11-24
    Liferaft from M/V taurus adrift in vicinity 45-09.93N 029-51.33E at 191300Z nov
    Black Sea · Romania
  33. HYDROPAC 3670/232023-11-21 → 2023-11-21
    F/V bd 97586 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 09-05.00N 110-10.00E at…
    South China Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 3668/232023-11-20 → 2023-12-08
    F/V qng 90251 ts, 39 persons onboard disabled and adrift, flooding in 13-28.00N 112-24.00E at 202000Z nov
    South China Sea
  35. HYDROLANT 2671/232023-11-20 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in: a. 21-31.20N 041-04.00W
    North Atlantic
  36. HYDROPAC 3665/232023-11-20 → 2023-11-20
    F/V qng 90251 ts, 41 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 13-30.00N 112-16.00E at 201100Z nov
    South China Sea
  37. HYDROPAC 3659/232023-11-20 → 2023-11-24
    Distress signal received from vessel in 07-05.30N 083-30.24E at 192205Z nov
    Bay of Bengal
  38. HYDROPAC 3657/232023-11-20 → 2023-11-20
    Cancel HYDROPAC 3649/23 and this msg, persons rescued
    South China Sea
  39. HYDROPAC 3656/232023-11-20 → 2023-11-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter vessel in 12-09.60S 131-14.50E at 200533Z nov
    Timor Sea · Australia
  40. HYDROPAC 3655/232023-11-20 → 2023-12-08
    Man overboard from vessel ym uniform between 28-36.05N 142-38.59E at 191145Z nov and 28-19.52N 139-43.70E at…
    Philippine Sea · Western North Pacific · Japan
  41. HYDROLANT 2665/232023-11-20 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 39-30.00N 051-30.00W
    Western North Atlantic
  42. HYDROLANT 2664/232023-11-20 → 2023-12-08
    Vessel sinking
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  43. HYDROPAC 3652/232023-11-20 → 2023-11-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V zhong tai 6 in 03-16.90S 172-37.60W at 192223Z nov
    South Pacific · Kiribati
  44. HYDROPAC 3649/232023-11-19 → 2023-11-20
    F/V bd 98268 ts, 14 persons on board, sank in 10-53.00N 110-32.00E at 191900Z nov
    South China Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 3647/232023-11-19 → 2023-12-02
    23 foot vessel, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 11-00.00N 091-58.00W
    Eastern North Pacific
  46. HYDROLANT 2663/232023-11-19 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from M/V green spinal in 39-26.30N 052-17.50W at 191540Z nov
    Western North Atlantic
  47. NAVAREA XII 818/232023-11-19 → 2023-11-20
    12 meter F/V, light blue and white hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in area bound by…
    Gulf of Panama · Panama
  48. HYDROPAC 3636/232023-11-18 → 2023-11-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V yana in vicinity 24-04.20S 162-52.40E at…
    Coral Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 3635/232023-11-18 → 2023-11-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz from 12 meter S/V yana in vicinity 23-59.60S 163-11.20E at…
    Coral Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 3631/232023-11-18 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V si hang yun 2 in 24-46.50N 119-32.50E at 180115Z nov
    Taiwan Strait · China

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