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. HYDROPAC 354/242024-01-30 → 2024-01-31
    33 foot S/V supertramp, white hull, unreported vanuatu (14-47.57S 166-50.89E) to hawaii (21-16.58N 157-55.07W)
    North Pacific · Vanuatu To Hawaii
  2. NAVAREA IV 92/242024-01-29 → 2024-01-31
    S/V tiny dancer requesting medical assistance in vicinity 12-12.00N 048-41.00W at 291035Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  3. HYDROLANT 204/242024-01-27 → 2024-02-16
    Man overboard in 26-11.70N 079-24.10W
    Straits of Florida · Florida
  4. HYDROLANT 195/242024-01-26 → 2024-02-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 38-58.50N 054-19.80W at 260154Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  5. HYDROLANT 187/242024-01-25 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 41-14.70N 050-54.20W at 250811Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  6. HYDROLANT 168/242024-01-22 → 2024-02-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from kayak kraken in 17-29.00N 050-27.34W at 220500Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  7. NAVAREA IV 68/242024-01-21 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V petra in vicinity 06-18.0N 055-25.0W at 210831Z jan
    Western North Atlantic · Suriname
  8. HYDROLANT 164/242024-01-20 → 2024-02-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-16.61N 053-16.31W at 202006Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 155/242024-01-19 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received from vessel in 51-41.50N 021-04.70W at 190856Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  10. HYDROLANT 147/242024-01-18 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received from 27 foot vessel, green hull, in 32-06.50N 078-59.10W
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina
  11. HYDROLANT 146/242024-01-18 → 2024-02-02
    Vessel partially submerged and adrift in 33-05.83N 078-40.06W
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina
  12. HYDROLANT 132/242024-01-17 → 2024-01-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-06.60N 051-03.53W
    Western North Atlantic
  13. HYDROLANT 120/242024-01-16 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received from vessel sea wolf in 23-32.00N 072-56.00W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  14. HYDROLANT 97/242024-01-12 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received in 41-23.50N 059-03.02W
    Western North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 96/242024-01-12 → 2024-02-02
    Distress signal received in 42-28.00N 059-21.50W
    Western North Atlantic
  16. HYDROLANT 79/242024-01-11 → 2024-01-26
    Distress signal received from vessel in 18-42.50N 060-11.10W at 110042Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  17. HYDROLANT 70/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-26
    Man overboard from vessel in 21-21.70N 021-00.30W at 100005Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 69/242024-01-10 → 2024-01-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-41.60N 060-08.30W at 112246Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  19. NAVAREA IV 21/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 35-43.40N 074-15.20W at 051236Z jan
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  20. HYDROLANT 31/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-30.00N 064-00.00W at 051019Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  21. NAVAREA IV 20/242024-01-05 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 42-30.00N 064-00.00W
    Western North Atlantic
  22. HYDROLANT 25/242024-01-04 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 26-45.60N 066-33.33W
    Western North Atlantic
  23. HYDROLANT 19/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received from F/V patriot in 24-46.80N 079-41.40W
    Straits of Florida · Western North Atlantic · Bahamas · Florida
  24. HYDROLANT 16/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received from vessel store bay in 19-25.80N 050-05.40W
    Western North Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 13/242024-01-03 → 2024-01-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 46-20.00N 008-21.00W at 031002Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic
  26. HYDROLANT 2971/232023-12-29 → 2024-01-01
    Distress signal received, derelict S/V kristen jayne adrift in 03-12.50N 031-26.60W at 251740Z dec
    North Atlantic
  27. HYDROLANT 2954/232023-12-27 → 2024-01-12
    48 foot S/V the guajira, blue hull, one person on board, overdue
    North Atlantic
  28. HYDROARC 330/232023-12-27 → 2023-12-27
    48 foot S/V the guajira, blue hull, one person on board, overdue
    North Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 2940/232023-12-25 → 2024-01-12
    Distress signal received in 03-08.47N 031-23.80W
    North Atlantic
  30. HYDROLANT 2924/232023-12-20 → 2024-01-05
    F/V nuria, four persons on board, overdue from kenitra, morocco (34-15.89N 006-40.95W) at 192200Z dec
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  31. HYDROLANT 2916/232023-12-19 → 2024-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-29.80N 071-59.80W at 192252Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  32. NAVAREA IV 1472/232023-12-18 → 2023-12-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406 mhz in 20-16.20N 040-23.40W at 181927Z dec
    North Atlantic
  33. NAVAREA IV 1453/232023-12-15 → 2023-12-29
    Distress signal received in 20-46.10N 058-55.50W
    Western North Atlantic
  34. HYDROLANT 2890/232023-12-15 → 2023-12-29
    S/V naia, four persons on board, requesting assistance in 12-09.84N 053-12.23W
    Western North Atlantic
  35. NAVAREA IV 1449/232023-12-14 → 2023-12-29
    53 foot S/V relenless, white hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 28-58.72N 070-42.59W
    Western North Atlantic
  36. HYDROLANT 2880/232023-12-13 → 2023-12-29
    Man overboard from M/V msc armonia in vicinity 12-11.30N 024-22.30W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 2850/232023-12-09 → 2023-12-29
    S/V nordqueen, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to steering failure in vicinity 32-00.00N…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  38. HYDROLANT 2805/232023-12-05 → 2023-12-06
    43 foot S/V aethereal sea, white and green hull, two persons on board, unreported
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  39. HYDROLANT 2766/232023-11-30 → 2023-12-15
    48 foot S/V sun koz 2, six persons on board, overdue
    Western North Atlantic
  40. NAVAREA IV 1366/232023-11-26 → 2023-12-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 56 meter tug marilys aj in vicinity 07-05.00N 050-38.00W at 261704Z…
    Western North Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 2728/232023-11-26 → 2023-12-15
    S/V miramar, white hull, four persons on board unreported
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  42. NAVAREA IV 1350/232023-11-21 → 2023-12-01
    Distress signal received in 22-57.40N 070-50.30W
    Western North Atlantic · Turks and Caicos Islands
  43. HYDROLANT 2671/232023-11-20 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in: a. 21-31.20N 041-04.00W
    North Atlantic
  44. HYDROLANT 2665/232023-11-20 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 39-30.00N 051-30.00W
    Western North Atlantic
  45. HYDROLANT 2663/232023-11-19 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from M/V green spinal in 39-26.30N 052-17.50W at 191540Z nov
    Western North Atlantic
  46. HYDROLANT 2640/232023-11-17 → 2023-12-08
    M/V yasa osaka reports crewman with heart attack symptoms requiring medical assistance in 26-03.33N 050-07.20W
    Western North Atlantic
  47. HYDROLANT 2639/232023-11-17 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received in 24-59.00N 069-52.70W
    Western North Atlantic
  48. HYDROLANT 2634/232023-11-17 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from vessel in 24-21.90N 024-13.13W at 162334Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  49. HYDROLANT 2616/232023-11-15 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from vessel in 20-53.10N 017-04.40W at 151410 nov
    Eastern North Atlantic · Western Sahara
  50. HYDROLANT 2609/232023-11-15 → 2023-11-15
    Distress signal received from vessel perseverance in 35-44.72N 066-30.50W at 150518Z nov
    Western North Atlantic

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