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

Archive · 2,969 cancelled

  1. NAVAREA IV 1193/172017-12-23 → 2017-12-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-00N 049-30W at 230511Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  2. HYDROLANT 4160/172017-12-22 → 2017-12-26
    Rowboat team tenzing, two persons on board, capsized and requesting assistance in 23-38.27N 025-14.53W
    North Atlantic
  3. HYDROLANT 4126/172017-12-19 → 2017-12-20
    Distress signal received in 57-40.32N 021-14.70W at 191459Z dec
    Eastern North Atlantic
  4. HYDROLANT 4122/172017-12-19 → 2018-01-05
    7.8 meter S/V super mario, one person on board, overdue camargue (43-31N 004-07E) to canary islands (28-01N…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Mediterranean Sea · France To Canary Islands
  5. HYDROLANT 4110/172017-12-18 → 2018-01-05
    M/V gemini reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 22-54N 045-39W
    Western North Atlantic
  6. HYDROLANT 4095/172017-12-17 → 2018-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 23 foot vessel millie marie, five persons on board, in vicinity…
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina
  7. HYDROLANT 4088/172017-12-16 → 2018-01-05
    Canoe amy lo, three persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  8. HYDROLANT 4072/172017-12-15 → 2017-12-29
    Ten meter S/V anne bonny, black hull, two persons on board, overdue tangier (35-46N 005-48W) to canary…
    Eastern North Atlantic Morocco To Canary Islands
  9. HYDROLANT 4016/172017-12-13 → 2017-12-29
    Cape verde to st
    North Atlantic
  10. HYDROLANT 4008/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-29
    Vessel priva sea IV, six persons on board, taking on water in 18-40.24N 044-08.53W
    North Atlantic
  11. HYDROLANT 4005/172017-12-12 → 2017-12-12
    Vessel privasea 4, six persons on board, taking on water in 18-40.24N 044-08.53W
    North Atlantic
  12. HYDROLANT 3994/172017-12-11 → 2017-12-29
    14 meter S/V anegada, white hull, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift, requesting assistance in…
    Western North Atlantic
  13. HYDROLANT 3991/172017-12-10 → 2017-12-11
    14 meter S/V anegada, white hull, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift due to no fuel, requesting…
    Western North Atlantic
  14. HYDROLANT 3989/172017-12-10 → 2017-12-10
    Senegal to saint lucia
    North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 3980/172017-12-09 → 2017-12-10
    14 meter S/V anegada, white hull, two persons on board, dismasted and adrift due to no fuel in 14-46N…
    Western North Atlantic
  16. HYDROLANT 3901/172017-12-04 → 2017-12-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-09.1N 061-08.0W
    Western North Atlantic
  17. HYDROLANT 3889/172017-12-01 → 2017-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 14-17N 058-54W at 011958Z dec
    Western North Atlantic · Barbados
  18. NAVAREA IV 1120/172017-12-01 → 2017-12-04
    Derelict M/V, black and white hull with black stripe, capsized and adrift in 24-30.0N 074-40.4W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  19. HYDROLANT 3857/172017-11-29 → 2017-12-15
    Man overboard from 44 foot S/V vagant in vicinity 14-27.5N 054-56.2W on 28 nov
    Western North Atlantic
  20. HYDROLANT 3856/172017-11-29 → 2017-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel the whipper snapper in 21-05.33N 063-56.13W
    Western North Atlantic
  21. HYDROLANT 3837/172017-11-27 → 2017-12-15
    Man overboard from S/V vagant in vicinity 13-38.4N 052-25.6W
    Western North Atlantic
  22. HYDROLANT 3824/172017-11-26 → 2017-11-29
    Man overboard from 44 foot S/V vagant, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, overdue canary…
    Western North Atlantic · Canary Islands To Barbados
  23. HYDROLANT 3819/172017-11-25 → 2017-11-26
    Spain to barbados
    Western North Atlantic
  24. HYDROLANT 3759/172017-11-22 → 2017-11-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 53-29.56N 019-43.83W at 221112Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 3746/172017-11-21 → 2017-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 49-03.27N 034-49.67W at 201958Z nov
    North Atlantic
  26. HYDROLANT 3726/172017-11-19 → 2017-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V fanthomen in vicinity 27-00N 068-00W
    Western North Atlantic
  27. HYDROLANT 3721/172017-11-18 → 2017-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 45 foot S/V zen latitude, four persons on board, in 19-33.93N…
    Western North Atlantic · British Virgin Islands
  28. HYDROLANT 3695/172017-11-16 → 2017-12-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-27.8N 077-23.8W
    Western North Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 3655/172017-11-12 → 2017-11-13
    North atlantic DNC 08
  30. HYDROLANT 3653/172017-11-12 → 2017-11-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in area within 15 miles of 53-30N 016-15W at 121407Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  31. HYDROLANT 3644/172017-11-11 → 2017-11-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V tokita in 47-14.2N 008-15.1W at 110831Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  32. HYDROLANT 3610/172017-11-08 → 2017-11-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V shenanigans in vicinity 23-43.7N 073-44.3W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  33. HYDROLANT 3607/172017-11-08 → 2017-11-08
    Eastern north atlantic DNC 08, DNC 19
  34. HYDROLANT 3520/172017-10-30 → 2017-11-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-08N 055-47W at 301427Z oct
    Western North Atlantic
  35. HYDROLANT 3495/172017-10-28 → 2017-11-17
    Distress signal received in vicinity 34-31N 074-28W at 281521Z oct
    Western North Atlantic
  36. HYDROLANT 3445/172017-10-25 → 2017-11-10
    Distress signal received from S/V in vicinity 25-19N 020-11W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 3435/172017-10-24 → 2017-10-25
    Distress signal received from S/V in vicinity 25-19N 020-12W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 3413/172017-10-23 → 2017-10-23
    Distress signal received in 42-16N 041-02W
    North Atlantic
  39. HYDROLANT 3393/172017-10-21 → 2017-11-10
    Straits of florida
    Western North Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 3316/172017-10-16 → 2017-10-18
    Virginia to portugal
    North Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 3277/172017-10-14 → 2017-11-03
    Aircraft N3214X overdue north eleuthera (25-28N 076-41W) to rum cay (23-41N 074-52W)
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  42. NAVAREA IV 959/172017-10-13 → 2017-10-17
    Man overboard in vicinity 65-54.9N 037-00.5W on 11 oct
    North Atlantic · Greenland
  43. HYDROLANT 3189/172017-10-06 → 2017-10-20
    Straits of florida
    Western North Atlantic
  44. HYDROLANT 3169/172017-10-05 → 2017-10-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-00N 041-15W at 050457Z oct
    North Atlantic
  45. HYDROLANT 3135/172017-10-03 → 2017-10-20
    Straits of florida
    Western North Atlantic
  46. NAVAREA IV 896/172017-10-02 → 2017-10-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 43-50.5N 067-22.0W at 021914Z oct
    Western North Atlantic · Maine · Canada
  47. HYDROLANT 3103/172017-09-30 → 2017-10-20
    40 foot M/V capsized and adrift in 21-04.2N 069-04.5W
    Western North Atlantic
  48. HYDROLANT 2963/172017-09-22 → 2017-10-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-30N 063-15W at 220518Z sep 17
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Anguilla
  49. HYDROLANT 2953/172017-09-21 → 2017-10-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-00N 063-15W
    Western North Atlantic
  50. HYDROLANT 2948/172017-09-21 → 2017-10-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-45N 060-15W at 211010Z sep
    Western North Atlantic · Guadeloupe

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