Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Ionian Sea

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Archive · 116 cancelled

  1. HYDROLANT 930/152015-04-18 → 2015-04-26
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 38-18N 018-56E
    Ionian Sea
  2. HYDROLANT 143/152015-01-16 → 2015-03-11
    Seven meter vessel, 11 persons on board, lefkada (38-43N 020-39E) to santa maria di leuca (39-48N 018-21E),…
    Ionian Sea · Greece To Italy
  3. HYDROLANT 3103/142014-12-20 → 2014-12-24
    70 meter vessel, orange hull, 860 persons on board, requesting assistance in 36-37N 017-09E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Southern Ionian Sea
  4. HYDROLANT 2993/142014-12-08 → 2014-12-20
    M/V sandy, 500 persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 38-00N 017-00E
    Ionian Sea
  5. HYDROLANT 1503/142014-06-18 → 2014-06-21
    Vessel, 30 persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 37-00N 019-00E at 180050Z jun
    Ionian Sea
  6. HYDROLANT 832/142014-03-24 → 2014-03-29
    Distress signal received from vessel, white hull, 100 persons on board, vicinity 37-27N 017-26E at 242045Z mar
    Ionian Sea
  7. HYDROLANT 679/142014-03-06 → 2014-03-07
    14 meter M/V zoe, white hull, five persons on board, adrift due to steering problem in 36-35N 021-20E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Southern Ionian Sea
  8. HYDROLANT 495/142014-02-18 → 2014-02-22
    Vessel unreported vicinity 38-00N 017-00E
    Ionian Sea
  9. HYDROLANT 421/142014-02-10 → 2014-02-22
    Greece to italy
    Ionian Sea
  10. HYDROLANT 413/142014-02-09 → 2014-02-12
    Greece to italy
    Ionian Sea
  11. HYDROLANT 86/142014-01-09 → 2014-01-11
    Vessel, white hull, 20 persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 38-00N 017-00E
    Ionian Sea
  12. HYDROLANT 3079/132013-12-01 → 2013-12-07
    22 meter vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in 38-08N 018-21E
    Ionian Sea
  13. HYDROLANT 3078/132013-12-01 → 2013-12-01
    Vessel, 120 persons on board, requesting assistance in 38-05N 018-22E
    Ionian Sea
  14. HYDROLANT 2833/132013-11-10 → 2013-11-16
    Greece to italy
    Ionian Sea
  15. HYDROLANT 2745/132013-11-02 → 2013-11-09
    Greece to italy
    Ionian Sea
  16. HYDROLANT 2551/132013-10-15 → 2013-10-19
    20 meter vessel, white hull, 12 persons on board, unreported
    Ionian Sea · Greece
  17. HYDROLANT 2468/132013-10-06 → 2013-10-09
    F/V, blue and white hull, 200 persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 36-46-44N 016-27-18E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Ionian Sea
  18. HYDROLANT 2411/132013-09-30 → 2013-10-05
    Vessel sinking in 37-28N 018-13E
    Ionian Sea
  19. HYDROLANT 2401/132013-09-28 → 2013-10-05
    Distress signal received from F/V alessio between catania (37-30N 015-05E) and crotone (39-05N 017-07E)
    Ionian Sea · Italy
  20. HYDROLANT 2272/132013-09-16 → 2013-09-21
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 37-00N 017-00E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Southern Ionian Sea
  21. HYDROLANT 1837/132013-07-29 → 2013-08-03
    Distress signal received from five meter vessel, white hull, 15 persons on board, vicinity 39-00N 019-00E
    Ionian Sea
  22. HYDROLANT 813/132013-03-30 → 2013-04-13
    Greece to italy
    Ionian Sea
  23. HYDROLANT 2498/122012-10-25 → 2012-11-03
    Greece to italy
    Strait of Otranto
  24. HYDROLANT 2351/122012-10-08 → 2012-10-20
    Greece to italy
    Strait of Otranto
  25. HYDROLANT 1324/122012-06-19 → 2012-06-21
    Vessel, 11 persons on board, capsized and adrift in 39-44N 018-16E
    Northern Ionian Sea · Italy
  26. HYDROLANT 1178/122012-06-02 → 2012-06-23
    Malta to sicily
    Ionian Sea
  27. HYDROLANT 1811/112011-11-02 → 2011-11-12
    Eight meter vessel, beige hull, two persons on board, unreported crotone (39-05N 017-08E) to gallipoli…
    Northern Ionian Sea · Italy
  28. HYDROLANT 1607/112011-10-02 → 2011-10-15
    Five meter vessel, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity corfu (39-40N 019-45E)
    Ionian Sea · Southern Adriatic Sea
  29. HYDROLANT 1492/112011-09-16 → 2011-09-17
    Five meter vessel, white hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in area bound by 39-15N 019-46E,…
    Ionian Sea
  30. HYDROLANT 1454/112011-09-12 → 2011-10-22
    Six meter S/V perla nera, white hull, one person on board, unreported from giardini naxos (37-50N 015-17E)…
    Mediterranean Sea · Sicily
  31. HYDROLANT 964/112011-06-09 → 2011-06-18
    20 meter M/V, white hull, 75 persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity of trackline between patras…
    Ionian Sea
  32. HYDROLANT 2071/102010-10-30 → 2010-10-31
    Distress signal received from 20 meter S/V argo, white hull with blue stripe, sinking vicinity 38-21.0N…
    Aegean Sea
  33. HYDROLANT 1645/102010-09-01 → 2010-10-16
    12 meter S/V balboa II, white hull with red stripes, three persons on board, overdue foskardo (38-27N…
    Greece To Italy
  34. HYDROLANT 870/102010-05-15 → 2010-07-03
    20 meter S/V kronos ganeschi, yellow hull, one person on board, unreported ithaca (38-22N 020-43E) to…
    Greece To Italy
  35. HYDROLANT 404/102010-03-08 → 2010-03-20
    Vessel al bushara, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift in 38-59-49.0N 017-28-42.5E at 081200Z mar
    Ionian Sea
  36. HYDROLANT 610/092009-03-29 → 2009-03-29
    14 meter M/V panina II, two persons on board, unreported
  37. HYDROLANT 1079/082008-06-30 → 2008-07-12
    Man overboard from M/V four etolies between 37-53.7N 016-47.0E at 292200Z jun and 39-18.0N 018-13.0E at…
  38. HYDROLANT 429/082008-03-11 → 2008-04-26
    Man overboard from F/V kalypso within five miles of capo spulico (39-57.5N 016-38.4E) at 111200Z mar
  39. HYDROLANT 171/082008-01-23 → 2008-03-08
    12 meter S/V samod sea, two persons on board, suffering weather-related distress in 36-36N 016-52E
  40. HYDROLANT 1416/072007-08-14 → 2007-10-21
    5 foot S/V cuervo de cadiz, white hull, one mast, one person on board, overdue siracuse, italy (37-04N…
  41. HYDROLANT 1944/062006-10-22 → 2006-10-22
    Man overboard vicinity 37-23.2N 019-47.3E
  42. HYDROLANT 1805/062006-10-04 → 2006-11-21
    Man overboard from M/V alanya vicinity of trackline between 38-24N 019-33E and 38-39N 019-15E
  43. HYDROLANT 2335/052005-12-13 → 2006-01-25
    Distress signal received in 36-52N 021-03E at 132200Z dec
  44. HYDROLANT 1700/042004-10-21 → 2004-10-29
    Man overboard from M/V brilliance of the sea vicinity 36-58N 019-18E at 210010Z oct
  45. HYDROLANT 1191/042004-07-15 → 2004-07-17
    16 meter S/V linga linga, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in in 36-39.9N…
  46. HYDROLANT 132/042004-01-23 → 2004-01-24
    Man overboard from M/V chios charity vicinity 36-28N 021-29E
  47. HYDROLANT 2312/032003-12-12 → 2004-01-24
    Man overboard from M/V fast arrow vicinity 37-16N 017-00E
  48. HYDROLANT 174/032003-01-25 → 2003-01-27
    Persons recovered vicinity 39-34N 018-37E
  49. HYDROLANT 154/032003-01-23 → 2003-03-12
    Persons recovered vicinity 39-34N 018-37E
  50. HYDROLANT 81/032003-01-12 → 2003-01-12
    Man overboard from M/V dost 1 vicinity 37-58N 016-12E

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