Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2025

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 2025
15
still in force
0
vs 2024
-97%
first · last
01-28 · 11-29

Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so this year is under-counted.

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  • HYDROPAC15

Where · top seas

South China Sea853%
Arabian Sea213%
Laccadive Sea213%
Gulf of Thailand213%
Red Sea17%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2025 · 15

  1. HYDROPAC 3157/252025-11-29 → 2026-01-16
    F/V nt 90329 ts sank in 11-47.56N 109-11.35E at 272230Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  2. HYDROPAC 3153/252025-11-29 → 2026-01-16
    F/V dna 90350 ts, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 17-00.00N 108-25.00E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  3. HYDROPAC 3137/252025-11-28 → 2026-01-16
    F/V py 96202 ts, five persons on board, sank in 10-22.50N 114-28.61E at 272352Z nov
    South China Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 3083/252025-11-25 → 2026-01-16
    Man overboard from F/V tg 90136 ts in 08-53.00N 104-09.00E at 242200Z nov
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  5. HYDROPAC 3056/252025-11-23 → 2026-01-16
    Man overboard from F/V bv 96567 ts in 08-27.00N 106-43.00E at 230730Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  6. HYDROPAC 3006/252025-11-20 → 2026-01-16
    Distress signal received from vessel in 08-45.00N 107-45.00E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  7. HYDROPAC 2948/252025-11-15 → 2026-01-16
    40 foot F/V thurushika duwa yellow, red and blue hull, six persons on board, disabled and adrift
    Eastern Indian Ocean
  8. HYDROPAC 2939/252025-11-14 → 2026-01-16
    M/V vp 1087, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 12-23.00N 109-26.00E at 1416000Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 2925/252025-11-13 → 2026-01-16
    Tug amrut 16 sank in vicinity of 19-57.50N 072-35.40E
    Gulf of Khambhat · India
  10. HYDROPAC 1491/252025-06-09 → 2025-12-04
    Man overboard from vessel aporprouda in 21-33.59N 038-48.23E
    Red Sea · Saudi Arabia
  11. HYDROPAC 1490/252025-06-09 → 2025-12-04
    M/V wan hai 503 on fire and adrift in 11-32.00N 074-39.00E at 090410Z jun
    Arabian Sea · India
  12. HYDROPAC 1428/252025-06-03 → 2025-12-04
    F/V cm 05908 ts, one person on board, sank in 09-22.00N 104-48.00E at 030145Z jun
    Gulf of Thailand · Vietnam
  13. HYDROPAC 289/252025-02-05 → 2025-06-16
    Man overboard from F/V bv 92567 ts in 07-38.00N 107-31.00E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  14. HYDROPAC 234/252025-01-30 → 2025-06-16
    Man overboard from M/V athina I in area bound by 16-05.28N 060-02.23E, 16-12.29N 059-56.97E, 16-02.32N…
    Arabian Sea
  15. HYDROPAC 215/252025-01-28 → 2025-06-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 01-59.52N 107-21.24E on 28 jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia

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