Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Indian Ocean

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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 2024–2026 are under-counted.

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Other hazards in the Indian Ocean

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  1. HYDROPAC 426/032003-03-10 → 2003-04-29
    Man overboard from vessel mauritius pride vicinity 20-35S 056-01E at 092130Z mar
  2. HYDROPAC 330/032003-02-24 → 2003-02-24
    F/V yan pao 668, 29 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine casualty vicinity 03-28S 057-49E
  3. HYDROPAC 265/032003-02-12 → 2003-02-12
    Distress signal received from 44 meter F/V praslin, 40 persons on board, vicinity 19-48S 057-38E
  4. HYDROPAC 228/032003-02-08 → 2003-02-08
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 33-06S 115-24E at 080130Z feb
  5. HYDROPAC 227/032003-02-08 → 2003-02-08
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz from M/V harvest tamara in 36-14.2S 034-41.0E and 32-23.9S…
  6. HYDROLANT 301/032003-02-08 → 2003-02-08
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz from M/V harvest tamara in 32-23.9S 016-21.2E and 36-14.2S…
  7. HYDROPAC 14/032003-01-04 → 2003-01-04
    Distress signal received in 22-15S 111-21E at 032321Z jan
  8. HYDROPAC 13/032003-01-03 → 2003-02-17
    3 on fire and adrift vicinity 39-49.3S 041-20.0E at 031715Z jan
    Derelict F/V Hsin Cheng Fa No
  9. HYDROPAC 2455/022002-12-30 → 2002-12-30
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 29-04S 113-56E at 301350Z dec
  10. HYDROPAC 2446/022002-12-28 → 2002-12-29
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 31-44S 115-36E at 281933Z dec
  11. HYDROPAC 2295/022002-12-06 → 2002-12-07
    M/V ocean vanguard reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 18-00S 086-59E at 060700Z dec
  12. HYDROPAC 2255/022002-12-01 → 2003-01-18
    Distress signal received in 37-25S 074-55E at 010134Z dec
  13. HYDROPAC 2229/022002-11-28 → 2003-01-10
    Man overboard from M/V banasol vicinity of trackline between 18-00.0S 099-15.7E at 271000Z nov and 15-20.1S…
  14. HYDROPAC 2212/022002-11-26 → 2002-12-02
    Liferaft adrift vicinity 29-15S 038-29E
  15. HYDROPAC 2197/022002-11-25 → 2002-12-02
    Derelict 15 meter F/V, white hull, partially submerged and sinking in 15-32.3S 121-38.8E at 240915Z nov
  16. HYDROPAC 2193/022002-11-24 → 2003-01-10
    Distress signal received in 35-27S 048-36E at 240048Z nov
  17. HYDROPAC 2148/022002-11-19 → 2003-01-04
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 20-35S 117-45E at 191443Z nov
  18. HYDROPAC 2121/022002-11-17 → 2003-01-04
    M/V eric ld reports crewman with head injury in 05-22N 052-40E
  19. HYDROPAC 2082/022002-11-11 → 2002-11-11
    M/V hanjin pennsylvania on fire in 05-38N 082-48E
  20. HYDROPAC 1958/022002-10-19 → 2002-10-26
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 25-26.6S 052-27.6E
  21. HYDROPAC 1956/022002-10-18 → 2002-10-26
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 23-52.1S 053-13.3E
  22. HYDROPAC 1949/022002-10-17 → 2002-10-26
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 20-42S 056-44E
  23. HYDROPAC 1912/022002-10-12 → 2002-11-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 02-44.2S 090-45.0E
  24. HYDROPAC 1795/022002-09-29 → 2002-09-29
    M/V astro lynx reports crewman with injury requiring medical assistance in 05-56N 052-23E at 291600Z sep
  25. HYDROPAC 1662/022002-09-11 → 2002-09-11
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 37-49S 077-37E at 111634Z sep
  26. HYDROPAC 1612/022002-09-05 → 2002-09-06
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 22-17S 098-22E at 050417Z sep
  27. HYDROPAC 1609/022002-09-04 → 2002-09-05
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 22-27S 098-01E at 041100Z sep
  28. HYDROPAC 1584/022002-09-01 → 2002-09-01
    Distress signal received from 30 foot M/V, six persons on board, vicinity 32-00S 115-10E at 010500Z sep
  29. HYDROPAC 1578/022002-08-30 → 2002-10-11
    M/V westa reports captain with possible stroke in 07-19N 052-27E
  30. HYDROPAC 1507/022002-08-19 → 2002-10-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 18-40S 054-05E
  31. HYDROPAC 1501/022002-08-19 → 2002-08-20
    One person missing from capsized vessel in 19-54.3S 118-52.2E
  32. HYDROPAC 1409/022002-08-02 → 2002-08-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 38-29S 122-44E at 020556Z aug
  33. HYDROPAC 1400/022002-07-31 → 2002-09-13
    14 meter S/V balaclava, two persons on board, adrift due to lost rudder in 11-58S 111-16E at 310800Z jul
  34. HYDROPAC 1391/022002-07-30 → 2002-07-30
    Distress signal received from M/V balak slava in 11-59.83S 112-11.56E
  35. HYDROPAC 1311/022002-07-16 → 2002-08-31
    Man overboard from M/V jin hui vicinity 28-32.6S 034-19.5E at 160500Z jun
  36. HYDROPAC 1140/022002-06-19 → 2002-08-03
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 41-23.1S 025-52.4E
  37. HYDROPAC 1076/022002-06-11 → 2002-07-26
    30 meter F/V miss rankin, dark blue hull, four persons on board, overdue fremantle to dampier
  38. HYDROPAC 1029/022002-06-02 → 2002-07-19
    Man overboard from M/V bunga sala lima vicinity of trackline between 36-52.7S 043-48.5E at 020300Z jun and…
  39. HYDROPAC 942/022002-05-21 → 2002-05-21
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 34-12S 114-19E at 210720Z may
  40. HYDROPAC 930/022002-05-19 → 2002-07-05
    Distress received from vessel levantes a vicinity 35-06S 024-01E
  41. HYDROPAC 926/022002-05-18 → 2002-05-20
    M/V regal unity reports crewman with appendicitis requiring medical assistance in 04-45N 053-52E at 181358Z…
  42. HYDROPAC 923/022002-05-18 → 2002-05-18
    M/V regal unity reports crewman with suspected appendicitis requiring medical assistance in 07-41N 053-20E…
  43. HYDROPAC 914/022002-05-17 → 2002-05-17
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 04-03S 079-36E at 162325Z may
  44. HYDROPAC 862/022002-05-09 → 2002-05-09
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 25-46S 113-31E at 090757Z may
  45. HYDROPAC 838/022002-05-04 → 2002-05-09
    Man overboard from M/V darwin vicinity 10-16S 105-45E at 031600Z may
  46. HYDROPAC 800/022002-04-28 → 2002-04-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-29S 131-05E at 280611Z apr
  47. HYDROPAC 746/022002-04-21 → 2002-04-22
    Distress signal received on 243 mhz in 02-54S 082-31E at 211847Z apr
  48. HYDROPAC 720/022002-04-18 → 2002-04-19
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 30-40S 115-03E at 182243Z apr
  49. HYDROPAC 598/022002-03-29 → 2002-05-10
    25 foot F/V golden boy, white hull, two persons on board, overdue port louis harbour (49-10S 069-20E) to…
  50. HYDROPAC 517/022002-03-20 → 2002-03-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 32-11S 115-26E at 201458Z mar

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