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 2936/172017-09-20 → 2017-10-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 18-37.4N 063-13.3W at 201853Z sep
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Anguila
  2. HYDROLANT 2875/172017-09-15 → 2017-09-29
    13.5 meter S/V spirit of st briac, white hull, one person on board, unreported southport (33-55.00N…
    North Atlantic · North Carolina To France
  3. HYDROLANT 2808/172017-09-12 → 2017-09-21
    Man overboard from vessel in 02-42N 048-39W on 09 sep
    Western North Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  4. HYDROLANT 2787/172017-09-10 → 2017-09-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 31-23N 050-01W
    Western North Atlantic
  5. HYDROLANT 2785/172017-09-09 → 2017-09-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 36-08N 051-52W at 091524Z sep
    Western North Atlantic
  6. HYDROLANT 2768/172017-09-08 → 2017-09-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-23.5N 062-40.2W at 081455Z sep
    Western North Atlantic
  7. HYDROLANT 2734/172017-09-06 → 2017-09-22
    Distress signals received at 062046Z sep in: a. 36-27.5N 073-51.5W
    Western North Atlantic
  8. HYDROLANT 2732/172017-09-06 → 2017-09-22
    Distress signal received from aircraft in 36-45.7N 073-41.7W at 061509Z
    Western North Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 2723/172017-09-05 → 2017-09-05
    Distress signal received from vessel fishing fool in 33-52N 075-58W at 051636Z sep
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  10. HYDROLANT 2689/172017-09-02 → 2017-09-03
    Search and rescue operations in 27-28.73N 015-40.79W
    Eastern North Atlantic Canary Islands
  11. HYDROLANT 2683/172017-09-01 → 2017-09-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 50 foot S/V masquerade, white and blue hull, in 17-25.4N 056-51.5W…
    Western North Atlantic
  12. HYDROLANT 2659/172017-08-31 → 2017-09-02
    Search and rescue operations in 27-34.8N 016-01.9W
    Eastern North Atlantic Canary Islands
  13. HYDROLANT 2626/172017-08-28 → 2017-08-31
    Search and rescue operations in 27-28N 015-03W
    Eastern North Atlantic Canary Islands
  14. HYDROLANT 2588/172017-08-25 → 2017-08-28
    Derelict 45 meter S/V ataiagara, white hull, no persons on board, adrift in 41-15.5N 039-29.2W
    North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 2558/172017-08-23 → 2017-08-28
    Search and rescue operations in 26-50.6N 017-43.2W
    Eastern North Atlantic Canary Islands
  16. HYDROLANT 2553/172017-08-22 → 2017-09-08
    36 foot vessel, white hull with green and blue stripe, overdue
    Western North Atlantic · Strait of Florida · Florida
  17. HYDROLANT 2530/172017-08-18 → 2017-09-01
    M/V, white hull, capsized and adrift in 28-52.44N 079-45.99W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida
  18. HYDROLANT 2495/172017-08-14 → 2017-09-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-15N 065-30W
    Western North Atlantic
  19. HYDROLANT 2469/172017-08-11 → 2017-08-25
    47 foot S/V janice ann, white hull, one person on board, overdue charleston (32-46N 079-56W) to samana…
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina To Dominican Republic
  20. HYDROLANT 2455/172017-08-09 → 2017-08-25
    Distress signal received from M/V sunny hope in 29-57N 075-06W
    Western North Atlantic
  21. HYDROLANT 2417/172017-08-05 → 2017-08-25
    44 foot F/V new release, yellow hull, overdue ocean city (38-23N 075-04W) to fishing grounds in vicinity…
    Western North Atlantic · Maryland
  22. NAVAREA IV 643/172017-08-03 → 2017-08-03
    Vessel thor/dobu unreported
    North Atlantic · Labrador Sea · Greenland-south Coast
  23. HYDROLANT 2393/172017-08-02 → 2017-08-18
    39 foot S/V nenette, white hull with red trim, one person on board, unreported beaufort (34-43N 076-39W) to…
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina To New York
  24. HYDROLANT 2378/172017-08-01 → 2017-08-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from eight meter S/V little bigorneau in area within five miles of…
    Eastern North Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 2367/172017-07-31 → 2017-08-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-14N 047-47W
    Western North Atlantic
  26. HYDROLANT 2344/172017-07-29 → 2017-08-18
    S/V papillon reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 40-38N 039-38W at 291615Z jul
    North Atlantic
  27. HYDROLANT 2340/172017-07-29 → 2017-08-18
    Distress signal received in 30-15N 079-15W
    Western North Atlantic
  28. HYDROLANT 2313/172017-07-26 → 2017-08-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 32-55.4N 078-10.2W
    Western North Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 2278/172017-07-22 → 2017-08-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 41-41.3N 066-56.4W at 222023Z jul
    Western North Atlantic
  30. HYDROLANT 2269/172017-07-21 → 2017-08-04
    Distress signal received from vessel in 39-45.4N 073-03.4W at 211918Z jul
    Western North Atlantic · New Jersey
  31. HYDROLANT 2251/172017-07-20 → 2017-08-04
    Vessel, one person on board, unreported isertoq (65-32-55N 038-58-30W) to tasiilaq (65-36-49N 037-37-52W)
    North Atlantic · Greenland-southeast Coast
  32. HYDROLANT 2233/172017-07-18 → 2017-07-20
    Distress signal received from vessel in 00-40.0N 037-42.2W on 17 jul
    North Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  33. HYDROLANT 2222/172017-07-17 → 2017-07-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 27 foot S/V fenrir, white hull, one person on board, in 45-47N…
    North Atlantic
  34. HYDROLANT 2194/172017-07-14 → 2017-08-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 56 foot M/V palmyra in vicinity 26-08N 070-48W
    Western North Atlantic
  35. HYDROLANT 2156/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 31 foot vessel in 24-29.6N 071-49.0W
    Western North Atlantic
  36. HYDROLANT 2152/172017-07-12 → 2017-07-12
    Vessel, one person on board, requesting assistance in vicinity sermilik fjord (66-00N 037-52W)
    North Atlantic · Greenland-southeast Coast
  37. HYDROLANT 2130/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-10
    S/V fenrir, white hull with red and orange stripe, overdue
    Western North Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 2112/172017-07-07 → 2017-07-21
    42 foot S/V caroona on fire, in 29-07N 070-42W
    Western North Atlantic
  39. HYDROLANT 2082/172017-07-05 → 2017-07-07
    F/V green acres, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 41-56.05N 067-26.83W at 051529Z jul
    Western North Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 2067/172017-07-04 → 2017-07-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-52.27N 072-16.60W
    Western North Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 2003/172017-06-29 → 2017-07-14
    45 foot F/V miss kaleigh, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 37-15.5N 072-07.8W
    Western North Atlantic
  42. HYDROLANT 1966/172017-06-26 → 2017-07-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-44.53N 050-10.00W
    Western North Atlantic
  43. HYDROLANT 1953/172017-06-24 → 2017-07-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-00N 065-30W on 24 jun
    Western North Atlantic
  44. HYDROLANT 1927/172017-06-22 → 2017-07-14
    Distress signal received in vicinity 30-21.27N 077-33.67W
    Western North Atlantic
  45. HYDROLANT 1920/172017-06-21 → 2017-06-22
    44 foot F/V body count, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 36-57.24N 073-15.05W
    Western North Atlantic
  46. HYDROLANT 1919/172017-06-21 → 2017-06-21
    44 foot F/V body count, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in 36-42.2N 073-29.4W
    Western North Atlantic
  47. HYDROLANT 1868/172017-06-15 → 2017-06-30
    Distress signal received in 37-03.91N 074-36.55W at 151358Z jun
    Western North Atlantic · Virginia
  48. HYDROLANT 1828/172017-06-11 → 2017-06-11
    Ten meter S/V illumnia XII, blue hull, disabled and taking on water
    North Atlantic
  49. HYDROLANT 1824/172017-06-10 → 2017-06-10
    42 foot S/V tamarind, white hull, one person on board, disabled and taking on water in 47-27.7N 031-12.6W at…
    North Atlantic
  50. HYDROLANT 1817/172017-06-10 → 2017-06-10
    42 foot S/V tamarind, white hull, one person on board, disabled and taking on water in 47-26.8N 031-44.8W at…
    North Atlantic

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