Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the North Atlantic Ocean

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.

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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 North Atlantic Ocean

Archive · 2,969 cancelled

  1. HYDROLANT 2121/192019-07-13 → 2019-08-02
    M/V beagle F.I
    North Atlantic
  2. HYDROLANT 2116/192019-07-13 → 2019-08-02
    Florida to canada
    Western North Atlantic
  3. HYDROLANT 2115/192019-07-13 → 2019-08-02
    41 foot S/V solomons sloop, three persons on board, unreported charleston (32-47-00N 079-56-00W) to…
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina To Virginia
  4. HYDROLANT 2036/192019-07-05 → 2019-07-05
    Distress signal received from S/V quado in 36-23.93N 061-06.93W at 050820Z jul
    Western North Atlantic
  5. HYDROLANT 2028/192019-07-04 → 2019-07-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V chung kuo no 19 in 09-36N 054-24W at 041151Z jul 19
    Western North Atlantic
  6. HYDROLANT 2016/192019-07-04 → 2019-07-19
    Man overboard from vessel in 30-52.41N 079-14.86W
    Western North Atlantic
  7. NAVAREA IV 585/192019-07-03 → 2019-07-03
    Vessel nanook II, three persons on board, in need of assistance due to engine trouble in 61-38N 035-51W
    North Atlantic
  8. NAVAREA IV 584/192019-07-03 → 2019-07-03
    Vessel nanook II, three persons on board, in need of assistance due to engine trouble in 61-28N 036-32W
    North Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 1991/192019-07-01 → 2019-07-19
    31 foot S/V babushka, white hull with blue trim, three persons on board, overdue stuart (27-11-32N…
    Western North Atlantic · Florida To North Carolina
  10. HYDROLANT 1937/192019-06-27 → 2019-07-12
    Distress signal received from M/V suzy wong in 45-27.26N 015-32.52W at 271513Z jun
    Eastern North Atlantic
  11. HYDROLANT 1916/192019-06-27 → 2019-07-12
    Distress signal received in vicinity 20-37.4N 073-58.8W
    Western North Atlantic · Old Bahama Channel · Cuba
  12. NAVAREA IV 540/192019-06-25 → 2019-07-12
    S/V nipkin sinking in 31-20.09N 076-58.51W
    Western North Atlantic
  13. NAVAREA IV 533/192019-06-22 → 2019-07-12
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz in: a. 22-48.0N 064-46.6W
    Western North Atlantic
  14. HYDROLANT 1850/192019-06-20 → 2019-07-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 48 foot M/V miss b haven, white and yellow hull, in vicinity…
    Western North Atlantic
  15. NAVAREA IV 512/192019-06-18 → 2019-07-05
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 29-00N 074-00W
    Western North Atlantic
  16. HYDROLANT 1654/192019-05-30 → 2019-06-02
    24 foot S/V bertie capsized and adrift in 39-33N 073-01W at 301545Z may
    Western North Atlantic · New Jersey
  17. NAVAREA IV 454/192019-05-26 → 2019-06-14
    New hampshire to azores
    North Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 1527/192019-05-20 → 2019-05-21
    Vessel perola III on fire and reports four crewmen requiring medical assistance in 03-01N 049-26W on 18 may
    Western North Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  19. HYDROLANT 1374/192019-05-03 → 2019-05-17
    Vessel salmo XII, six persons on board, unreported
    North Atlantic
  20. HYDROLANT 1224/192019-04-18 → 2019-05-03
    Distress signal received from S/V tina princess in 21-24.3N 022-02.0W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  21. NAVAREA IV 316/192019-04-14 → 2019-04-16
    North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 150001Z apr 2. iceberg limit along trackline joining…
  22. NAVAREA IV 299/192019-04-10 → 2019-04-26
    Distress signal received in 65-34.7N 037-35.9W
    North Atlantic · Greenland
  23. HYDROLANT 1002/192019-03-29 → 2019-04-12
    12 meter S/V enezal, one person on board, overdue santa cruz de tenerife (28-28N 016-15W) to martinique or…
    North Atlantic · Canary Islands To Caribbean
  24. HYDROLANT 987/192019-03-28 → 2019-04-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 43-45N 045-45W at 281214Z mar
    Western North Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 926/192019-03-23 → 2019-03-25
    Man overboard from vessel pagna in 36-28.17N 067-49.38W at 231300Z mar
    Western North Atlantic
  26. HYDROLANT 792/192019-03-12 → 2019-03-29
    Distress signal received from F/V hamada 2 in vicinity 25-11N 016-02W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara
  27. HYDROLANT 685/192019-03-03 → 2019-03-22
    Distress signal received from F/V lamouitte 2 in vicinity 25-52N 014-54W at 030250Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara
  28. HYDROLANT 647/192019-02-27 → 2019-03-15
    Man overboard from vessel in 02-25.67N 049-59.36W at 24 feb 19
    Western North Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  29. HYDROLANT 617/192019-02-26 → 2019-02-27
    S/V charger, three persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  30. NAVAREA IV 115/192019-02-18 → 2019-02-21
    Capsized object in 36-21.0N 074-58.5W
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  31. HYDROLANT 394/192019-02-06 → 2019-02-11
    Search and rescue operations in vicinity 20-36.5N 017-19.1W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Mauritania
  32. HYDROLANT 162/192019-01-18 → 2019-02-01
    32 foot S/V reports crewman with cardiac incident requiring medical assistance in 50-34.64N 032-54.12W at…
    North Atlantic
  33. HYDROLANT 54/192019-01-06 → 2019-01-25
    M/V atapi reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 17-49.6N 043-18.0W at 051915Z jan
    North Atlantic
  34. HYDROLANT 4036/182018-12-27 → 2018-12-28
    Man overboard from M/V harmony of the seas in vicinity 21-34.6N 070-29.9W
    Western North Atlantic · Turks and Caicos Islands
  35. HYDROLANT 3939/182018-12-17 → 2019-01-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 77 foot F/V capt garland, black hull in vicinity 38-50N 074-43W at…
    Western North Atlantic · New Jersey
  36. HYDROLANT 3935/182018-12-17 → 2019-01-04
    Distress message received from F/V harvest queen in 53-03.96N 017-52.70W at 171130Z dec
    Eastern North Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 3915/182018-12-15 → 2018-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 86 foot F/V apollo in 39-43.5N 072-40.4W at 1519740Z dec
    Western North Atlantic · New York
  38. HYDROLANT 3878/182018-12-12 → 2018-12-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-26.4N 063-03.5W at 122128Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  39. HYDROLANT 3858/182018-12-11 → 2019-01-04
    Distress signal received from vessel friend in 25-52.53N 018-04.07W at 110815Z dec
    Eastern North Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 3857/182018-12-11 → 2018-12-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V maersk karachi in 42-19.60N 045-57.53W at 100751Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 3810/182018-12-07 → 2018-12-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 34 foot S/V in vicinity 40-55.07N 064-34.80W at 070530Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  42. HYDROLANT 3767/182018-12-03 → 2018-12-21
    Man overboard from S/V work week end in vicinity 18-32.5N 053-33.0W at 030200Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  43. HYDROLANT 3707/182018-11-28 → 2018-12-14
    Man overboard from vessel aidacara in 23-50N 021-01W at 281738Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  44. HYDROLANT 3682/182018-11-27 → 2018-11-28
    Man overboard from vessel aidacara in 23-59.1N 020-39.4W at 260353Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  45. HYDROLANT 3665/182018-11-25 → 2018-12-14
    22 meter S/V zia, white hull, eight persons on board, overdue ceuta (35-54-34N 005-18-12W) to funchal…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco To Madeira
  46. HYDROLANT 3635/182018-11-22 → 2018-12-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel yoyo in 12-54N 051-39W at 222004Z nov
    Western North Atlantic
  47. HYDROLANT 3597/182018-11-20 → 2018-12-07
    Distress signal received in vicinity 12-23N 044-50W at 200345Z nov
    North Atlantic
  48. HYDROLANT 3582/182018-11-19 → 2018-11-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 47-40.98N 009-10.20W at 182042Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  49. HYDROLANT 3581/182018-11-18 → 2018-12-07
    20 foot vessel, capsized and adrift in 23-21.1N 079-24.2W
    Old Bahama Channel · Western North Atlantic Bahamas
  50. HYDROLANT 3577/182018-11-18 → 2018-12-07
    21 foot S/V coco, white hull, two persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic

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