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 1635/162016-06-29 → 2016-07-10
    Distress signal received in 07-20.5N 053-39.2W at 291009Z jun
    Western North Atlantic
  2. NAVAREA IV 517/162016-06-28 → 2016-07-01
    Derelict vessel, orange hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 40-44.8N 048-02.1W
    Western North Atlantic
  3. HYDROLANT 1632/162016-06-28 → 2016-07-10
    Man overboard from vessel in 24-11N 057-57W at 281130Z jun
    Western North Atlantic
  4. HYDROLANT 1588/162016-06-23 → 2016-07-03
    70 foot vessel CV21 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 40-12.3N 057-50.1W
    Western North Atlantic
  5. HYDROLANT 1554/162016-06-21 → 2016-07-03
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Mauritania
  6. HYDROLANT 1553/162016-06-21 → 2016-07-03
    Two persons in the water and two persons requiring medical assistance in 23-32.3N 051-14.6W at 210444Z jun
    Western North Atlantic
  7. HYDROLANT 1549/162016-06-20 → 2016-07-03
    36 foot S/V nereia, one person on board, requesting assistance in 33-18N 073-27W
    Western North Atlantic
  8. HYDROLANT 1530/162016-06-18 → 2016-06-26
    100 to 150 persons missing in 21-30N 072-12W
    Western North Atlantic · Turks and Caicos Islands
  9. HYDROLANT 1528/162016-06-18 → 2016-06-18
    100 persons missing vicinity french cay, turks and caicos islands (21-30N 072-15W)
    Western North Atlantic · Turks and Caicos Islands
  10. HYDROLANT 1496/162016-06-15 → 2016-06-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-01.7N 077-52.9W
    Western North Atlantic
  11. HYDROLANT 1495/162016-06-15 → 2016-06-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from aircraft in 28-40.0N 078-02.2W
    Western North Atlantic
  12. HYDROLANT 1459/162016-06-13 → 2016-07-24
    26 foot S/V saturn, red hull, three persons on board, unreported to azores (37-44N 025-40W)
    North Atlantic
  13. HYDROLANT 1438/162016-06-10 → 2016-06-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 41-45.4N 043-07.2W at 101902Z jun
    North Atlantic
  14. HYDROLANT 1375/162016-06-05 → 2016-06-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-37.1N 046-44.9W
    Western North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 1348/162016-06-03 → 2016-06-12
    39 foot S/V ally, white hull, four persons on board, requesting assistance due to fouled rudder and…
    Eastern North Atlantic
  16. HYDROLANT 1346/162016-06-03 → 2016-06-03
    39 foot S/V ally, white hull, four persons on board, requesting assistance due to fouled rudder and…
    Eastern North Atlantic
  17. HYDROLANT 1306/162016-05-31 → 2016-06-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 39 foot S/V baloo in 27-13.65N 064-04.76W at 310002Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 1300/162016-05-30 → 2016-07-10
    6.5 meter S/V boreal, orange and dark blue hull, one person on board, overdue vicinity 34-00N 047-00W
    Western North Atlantic
  19. HYDROLANT 1296/162016-05-30 → 2016-05-30
    33 foot vessel migraine II, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 34-02.1N 066-51.6W at 292100Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  20. HYDROLANT 1292/162016-05-29 → 2016-05-30
    33 foot vessel migraine II, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 34-04.4N 066-55.7W
    Western North Atlantic
  21. HYDROLANT 1289/162016-05-29 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-01.27N 066-49.54W at 291334Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  22. HYDROLANT 1283/162016-05-28 → 2016-05-29
    New jersey to bermuda
    Western North Atlantic
  23. HYDROLANT 1275/162016-05-28 → 2016-05-28
    M/V, white hull, two persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity tasiilaq (65-36.8N 037-37.9W)
    North Atlantic · Greenland-southeast Coast
  24. HYDROLANT 1248/162016-05-26 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-08.9N 063-51.7W at 252307Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 1246/162016-05-25 → 2016-06-05
    Man overboard from canoe cheik ahmeth tidiane sy in 15-45N 016-50W at 250900Z may
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  26. HYDROLANT 1223/162016-05-23 → 2016-07-03
    Canoe papa latyr ndiaye, green and white hull, three persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  27. HYDROLANT 1206/162016-05-21 → 2016-05-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz between marathon (24-43.5N 081-02.4W) and 27-27.5N 068-27.3W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida · Bahamas
  28. HYDROLANT 1185/162016-05-19 → 2016-07-03
    Bermuda to ireland
    North Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 1163/162016-05-17 → 2016-05-20
    Derelict liferaft adrift vicinity 36-07.1N 007-23.4W at 170700Z may
    Eastern North Atlantic · Gulf of Cadiz
  30. HYDROLANT 1159/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-29
    F/V pacific star reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 07-43N 020-58W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  31. HYDROLANT 1154/162016-05-16 → 2016-05-16
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 38-45.7N 072-51.9W at 160436Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  32. HYDROLANT 1130/162016-05-12 → 2016-05-12
    Kayak, two persons on board, unreported tasiilaq (65-36N 037-34W) to kulusuk (65-34N 037-11W)
    North Atlantic · Greenland-southeast Coast
  33. HYDROLANT 1098/162016-05-08 → 2016-05-08
    Possible man overboard from S/V french tech rennes st malo in 33-08.9N 045-13.0W at 081747Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  34. HYDROLANT 1097/162016-05-08 → 2016-05-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-20N 045-34W at 081939Z may
    Western North Atlantic
  35. HYDROLANT 1081/162016-05-06 → 2016-05-15
    Persons missing from derelict M/V tamaya adrift in 13-29.47N 017-53.87W at 221200Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic
  36. HYDROLANT 1046/162016-05-02 → 2016-05-04
    Distress signal received from 52 foot vessel now or never in 20-40.20N 069-27.33W
    Western North Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 1037/162016-05-01 → 2016-06-12
    Bermuda to azores
    North Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 967/162016-04-24 → 2016-05-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 29-10.4N 047-57.4W at 240126Z apr
    Western North Atlantic
  39. HYDROLANT 964/162016-04-23 → 2016-05-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from ten meter S/V phebus in 09-35.4N 036-17.3W
    North Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 962/162016-04-23 → 2016-05-01
    F/V gueriden reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 08-28N 022-48W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 930/162016-04-19 → 2016-04-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-14.3N 047-08.4W at 191347Z apr
    Western North Atlantic
  42. HYDROLANT 923/162016-04-18 → 2016-04-24
    Man overboard from F/V lazurnyy in 60-14.1N 007-37.0W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Faroe Island
  43. HYDROLANT 913/162016-04-16 → 2016-04-24
    Distress signal received from vessel red cedar in 05-05N 014-46W at 160420Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic
  44. NAVAREA IV 291/162016-04-14 → 2016-04-16
    150001Z apr iceberg limit along trackline joining 47-21N 052-48W, 43-45N 049-15W, 45-45N 037-15W, 50-00N…
    North American Ice Service (nais) Iceberg Bulletin
  45. HYDROLANT 863/162016-04-11 → 2016-04-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 29-42.2N 063-35.8W
    Western North Atlantic
  46. HYDROLANT 854/162016-04-10 → 2016-04-17
    46 foot S/V lady lesley, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 28-17.770N 064-04.625W at 101945Z apr
    Western North Atlantic
  47. HYDROLANT 852/162016-04-10 → 2016-04-17
    Distress signal received from vessel, yellow hull, one person on board, in 14-47.60N 023-32.93W at 101816Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic · Cape Verde
  48. HYDROLANT 845/162016-04-09 → 2016-04-24
    Man overboard from F/V cheikh sadibou aidara in 14-03N 017-27W at 091200Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  49. HYDROLANT 828/162016-04-07 → 2016-05-08
    Canoe modou ndao, three persons on board, overdue vicinity nianing (14-21N 016-56W)
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  50. HYDROLANT 797/162016-04-03 → 2016-05-08
    F/V kheiro, three persons on board, unreported safi (32-17N 009-14W) to 32-20N 009-40W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco

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