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 936/012001-06-19 → 2001-06-22
    Ten meter S/V leviathan, white hull with green trim, two persons on board, overdue chagos to mayotte
  2. HYDROPAC 922/012001-06-17 → 2001-06-17
    F/V chin hsing, 26 persons on board, suffered engine room fire in 27-16S 040-47E
  3. HYDROPAC 884/012001-06-09 → 2001-06-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 36 foot S/V leviathan in 10-10.0S 049-17.2E at 090202Z jun
  4. HYDROPAC 879/012001-06-09 → 2001-07-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 36 foot S/V leviathan in 10-10.0S 049-17.2E
  5. HYDROPAC 867/012001-06-06 → 2001-07-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243 mhz in 09-53S 094-35E at 060714Z jun
  6. HYDROPAC 770/012001-05-20 → 2001-05-20
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 34-32S 114-57E at 201206Z may
  7. HYDROPAC 764/012001-05-19 → 2001-05-21
    Man overboard from F/V clare-d vicinity 33-10S 114-47E at 190001Z may
  8. HYDROPAC 630/012001-04-27 → 2001-05-04
    14 meter vessel, red hull, capsized and adrift in 15-38S 120-23E
  9. HYDROPAC 579/012001-04-18 → 2001-04-27
    Man overboard from M/V atmoda vicinity 29-04.5S 034-41.0E at 172130Z apr
  10. HYDROPAC 551/012001-04-13 → 2001-04-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V kuznecovo in 50-52.6S 061-57.5E
  11. HYDROPAC 543/012001-04-12 → 2001-04-13
    14 meter vessel slow coach, four persons on board, unreported fremantle to batemans bay
  12. HYDROPAC 535/012001-04-11 → 2001-04-11
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 43-36S 146-24E at 110321Z apr
  13. HYDROPAC 509/012001-04-04 → 2001-05-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel nao in 45-59.4S 043-31.1E at 041754Z apr
  14. HYDROPAC 505/012001-04-04 → 2001-04-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V nao vicinity 46-05.4S 043-23.2E at 041350Z apr
  15. HYDROPAC 502/012001-04-03 → 2001-05-18
    M/V sunshine reports crewman with foot injury in 01-43N 046-53E at 031300Z apr
  16. HYDROPAC 495/012001-04-02 → 2001-05-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz and 243 mhz in 11-19S 043-31E at 011810Z apr
  17. HYDROPAC 460/012001-03-27 → 2001-03-27
    15 meter F/V, 20 persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 10-00S 105-40E
  18. HYDROPAC 454/012001-03-25 → 2001-05-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-24.4S 047-14.2E at 250542Z mar
  19. HYDROPAC 350/012001-03-03 → 2001-03-03
    5 meter F/V santa rocco, six persons on board, sinking in 32-05S 113-57E at 030400Z mar
  20. HYDROPAC 282/012001-02-20 → 2001-02-20
    18 meter F/V quobba, four persons on board, aground in 21-55S 113-55E at 200910Z feb
  21. HYDROPAC 260/012001-02-16 → 2001-03-30
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 32-29S 115-32E at 161906Z feb
  22. HYDROPAC 234/012001-02-14 → 2001-03-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 46 meter F/V cape york in 06-20S 039-20E
  23. HYDROPAC 227/012001-02-13 → 2001-02-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V nixe II in 11-55.0S 049-14.8E at 130727Z feb
  24. HYDROPAC 146/012001-01-29 → 2001-03-16
    F/V celtic bay reports injured crewman vicinity 31-57S 058-30E
  25. HYDROPAC 127/012001-01-26 → 2001-01-26
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 34-25S 115-07E at 260904Z jan
  26. HYDROPAC 68/012001-01-13 → 2001-01-13
    15 meter vessel funtastic, white hull, four persons on board, disabled vicinity 05-38.3N 094-36.7E at…
  27. HYDROPAC 60/012001-01-11 → 2001-01-11
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 16-25S 117-38E at 111652Z jan
  28. HYDROLANT 11/012001-01-02 → 2001-01-07
    M/V knor reports crewman with respiratory arrest in 51-21S 022-44E
  29. HYDROPAC 4/012001-01-02 → 2001-01-05
    M/V knor reports crewman with respiratory arrest in 51-21S 022-44E
  30. HYDROPAC 1825/002000-12-23 → 2001-02-09
    Man overboard from M/V royal star vicinity 06-06S 053-26E at 222100Z dec
  31. HYDROPAC 1815/002000-12-22 → 2000-12-23
    Last known position 38-00S 038-00E on 16 dec
    S/V Shutendoji Overdue Cape Town To Hobart
  32. HYDROPAC 1767/002000-12-12 → 2000-12-12
    Distress signal received vicinity 31-38S 115-04E at 122205Z dec
  33. HYDROPAC 1738/002000-11-30 → 2001-01-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-50.8S 070-24.1E and 52-57.3S 107-57.6E
  34. HYDROPAC 1701/002000-11-22 → 2000-11-23
    12 meter S/V rinjarra, two persons on board, unreported
  35. HYDROPAC 1672/002000-11-15 → 2000-12-29
    Distress signal received from M/V vila ali 8QAH, 13 persons on board, in 05-31N 088-43E at 150842Z nov
  36. HYDROPAC 1644/002000-11-09 → 2000-12-22
    Distress signal received vicinity 20-54.8S 069-17.4E and 27-22.5S 065-50.2E at 091303Z nov
  37. HYDROPAC 1609/002000-11-02 → 2000-12-15
    F/V albacan reports injured crewman vicinity 05-30N 053-45E at 010348Z nov
  38. HYDROPAC 1575/002000-10-27 → 2000-10-28
    M/V franklin reports crewman suffering stroke in 34-00S 096-05E at 270000Z oct
  39. HYDROPAC 1569/002000-10-25 → 2000-10-25
    Distress signal recieved on 2187.5 khz from M/V grandbanks vicinity 29-07S 031-57E at 251736Z oct
  40. HYDROPAC 1541/002000-10-19 → 2000-12-01
    Distress signal recieved on 406 mhz in 15-16.0S 066-36.2E and 06-02.6S and 106-59.5E
  41. HYDROPAC 1540/002000-10-19 → 2000-10-19
    M/V franklin reports crewman with kidney stones requiring medical assistance in 19-05S 095-00E at 191340Z oct
  42. HYDROPAC 1516/002000-10-14 → 2000-10-15
    12 meter S/V pleiades, two persons on board, adrift and taking on water vicinity 28-23S 093-16E at 140800Z oct
  43. HYDROPAC 1498/002000-10-10 → 2000-11-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V ikaria vicinity 32-05-50S 039-01-45E
  44. HYDROPAC 1490/002000-10-09 → 2000-10-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 47-35.9S 072-20.9E
  45. HYDROPAC 1371/002000-09-16 → 2000-09-16
    Distress signal received from vessel madona vicinity 09-48S 099-15E
  46. HYDROPAC 1329/002000-09-07 → 2000-10-19
    Distress signal received from vessel scf champion in 38-25S 056-40E
  47. HYDROPAC 1274/002000-08-27 → 2000-10-13
    Distress signal received from S/V orlis on 6216 khz in 00-49S 064-49E
  48. HYDROPAC 1264/002000-08-24 → 2000-08-25
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 13-54S 120-38E at 241855Z aug
  49. HYDROPAC 1239/002000-08-20 → 2000-08-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 36-43.05S 020-37.37E
  50. HYDROLANT 2898/002000-08-20 → 2000-08-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 36-43.05S 020-37.37E

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