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 796/162016-04-03 → 2016-04-17
    Man overboard from canoe baye niass vicinity 12-27N 016-48W at 022300Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  2. HYDROLANT 788/162016-04-01 → 2016-05-08
    F/V nainia, three persons on board, unreported essaouira (31-30N 009-46W) and return
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  3. HYDROLANT 736/162016-03-27 → 2016-03-27
    Distress signal received from M/V swedish reefer in 46-10.88N 012-04.61W at 271745Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic
  4. HYDROLANT 734/162016-03-27 → 2016-03-27
    Distress signal received from M/V bsle genova in 45-46.71N 010-40.32W at 271457Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic
  5. HYDROLANT 722/162016-03-25 → 2016-04-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 25-09.2N 067-35.1W
    Western North Atlantic
  6. HYDROLANT 702/162016-03-23 → 2016-03-28
    Possible ten persons in water from disabled vessel vicinity 19-31.58N 069-13.20W at 230223Z mar
    Western North Atlantic · Dominican Republic
  7. HYDROLANT 671/162016-03-18 → 2016-05-01
    Ten meter long S/V victoria, white hull, three persons on board, overdue from cape verde (15-06N 023-37W)
    Eastern North Atlantic · Cape Verde
  8. HYDROLANT 630/162016-03-14 → 2016-05-01
    Ten meter S/V oleo, four persons on board, overdue to the bahamas
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  9. HYDROLANT 628/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-20
    Man overboard from F/V mame diarra in 12-30N 017-12W at 100630Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  10. HYDROLANT 626/162016-03-14 → 2016-03-20
    49 foot S/V shanti, five persons on board, overdue
    Western North Atlantic
  11. NAVAREA IV 194/162016-03-13 → 2016-03-16
    Vessel sinking in 21-31.709N 076-47.175W at 130750Z mar
    Old Bahama Channel · Cuba-northeast Coast
  12. HYDROLANT 608/162016-03-13 → 2016-03-16
    Vessel sinking in 21-31.709N 076-47.175W at 130750Z mar
    Old Bahama Channel · Cuba-northeast Coast
  13. HYDROLANT 602/162016-03-12 → 2016-03-20
    Two persons missing from canoe chawky haidous vicinity 14-00N 017-00W on 12 mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  14. HYDROLANT 597/162016-03-12 → 2016-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 44-18.6N 040-08.4W at 111810Z mar
    North Atlantic
  15. HYDROLANT 580/162016-03-10 → 2016-03-20
    Canoe, blue and white hull, three persons on board, overdue
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  16. HYDROLANT 562/162016-03-08 → 2016-03-20
    Three persons missing from 40 meter F/V marie joseph dak 817 sinking in 15-17N 016-59W at 081558Z mar
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  17. HYDROLANT 543/162016-03-06 → 2016-03-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-45N 057-15W at 060146Z mar
    Western North Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 538/162016-03-04 → 2016-03-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-42.4N 064-03.5W
    Western North Atlantic
  19. HYDROLANT 528/162016-03-02 → 2016-03-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 28-36.2N 072-58.7W
    Western North Atlantic
  20. HYDROLANT 526/162016-03-02 → 2016-03-20
    Man overboard from vessel theisseas vicinity of trackline between 46-39.9N 011-51.2W at 012200Z mar and…
    Eastern North Atlantic
  21. HYDROLANT 520/162016-03-01 → 2016-03-06
    Man overboard from S/V semper fi vicinity 15-50.5N 042-33.7W at 011607Z mar
    North Atlantic
  22. HYDROLANT 510/162016-03-01 → 2016-03-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11 meter S/V semper fi in 15-48.9N 042-32.5W at 010453Z mar
    North Atlantic
  23. HYDROLANT 507/162016-02-29 → 2016-03-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11 meter S/V semper fi in 15-53.4N 042-20.7W at 291930Z feb
    North Atlantic
  24. HYDROLANT 506/162016-02-29 → 2016-02-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 11 meter S/V semper fi in 15-49N 042-44W at 291910Z feb
    North Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 505/162016-02-29 → 2016-03-03
    Derelict seven meter vessel capsized and adrift in 34-03.7N 013-30.4W at 291630Z feb
    Eastern North Atlantic
  26. HYDROLANT 494/162016-02-28 → 2016-02-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 40-48.7N 044-42.6W at 281640Z feb
    North Atlantic
  27. HYDROLANT 480/162016-02-26 → 2016-02-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-37N 051-49W at 260113Z feb
    Western North Atlantic
  28. HYDROLANT 479/162016-02-25 → 2016-03-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 25-24.8N 075-36.6W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  29. HYDROLANT 477/162016-02-25 → 2016-02-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 47 foot vessel day dreamer, four persons on board, in 20-45N 069-45W
    Western North Atlantic · Dominican Republic-north Coast
  30. HYDROLANT 473/162016-02-24 → 2016-03-06
    Vessel capsized and adrift in 20-12.75N 073-31.96W
    Western North Atlantic · Windward Passage · Haiti-northwest Coast
  31. HYDROLANT 438/162016-02-20 → 2016-02-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 33-51.5N 076-02.4W at 201933Z feb
    Western North Atlantic
  32. HYDROLANT 436/162016-02-20 → 2016-02-20
    Distress signal received from M/V isola corallo in 14-57.02N 056-16.06W
    Western North Atlantic
  33. HYDROLANT 435/162016-02-20 → 2016-03-06
    Three persons missing from capsized canoe in 14-59N 017-21W at 190400Z feb
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  34. HYDROLANT 427/162016-02-19 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from nine meter S/V mazura, white hull, one person on board, in 16-50.8N…
    Western North Atlantic
  35. HYDROLANT 426/162016-02-19 → 2016-02-19
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-50.8N 055-02.4W at 191837Z feb
    Western North Atlantic
  36. HYDROLANT 419/162016-02-19 → 2016-02-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V setubal 1 in 16-35N 037-58W at 190336Z feb
    North Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 380/162016-02-15 → 2016-02-21
    Man overboard from vessel toby wallace in 18-28.89N 038-59.19W at 150022Z feb
    North Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 371/162016-02-13 → 2016-02-14
    24 foot vessel fire ant, white hull, four persons on board, requesting assistance in 19-09.54N 030-57.23W at…
    North Atlantic
  39. HYDROLANT 340/162016-02-08 → 2016-02-10
    Vessel kitty rouge, two persons on board, reports crewman with stroke in 22-52.7N 024-09.3W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 286/162016-02-02 → 2016-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 44-10.3N 041-35.4W at 011501Z feb
    North Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 261/162016-01-30 → 2016-01-30
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 45-00.09N 008-00.28W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Bay of Biscay
  42. HYDROLANT 259/162016-01-30 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 42 foot S/V air stream, white hull with blue stripe, four persons…
    North Atlantic
  43. HYDROLANT 243/162016-01-28 → 2016-02-07
    Distress signal received from S/V star bright in 38-14.00N 073-40.18W
    Western North Atlantic
  44. HYDROLANT 222/162016-01-26 → 2016-01-26
    Distress signal received from M/V modern express vicinity 46-00N 008-00W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  45. HYDROLANT 205/162016-01-23 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received from S/V harbringer 2, two persons on board, in 28-03.26N 078-27.63W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida
  46. HYDROLANT 196/162016-01-22 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received from 38 foot S/V in 34-45.3N 050-35.6W at 221839Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  47. HYDROLANT 181/162016-01-21 → 2016-01-31
    Vessel schironn reports crewman requiring medical assistance vicinity 16-00N 032-00W
    North Atlantic
  48. HYDROLANT 174/162016-01-20 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-26N 060-29W at 202107Z jan
    Western North Atlantic
  49. HYDROLANT 161/162016-01-19 → 2016-01-31
    16 foot vessel, blue hull, eight persons on board, disabled vicinity 20-40.35N 069-21.35W
    Western North Atlantic · Dominican Republic-north Coast
  50. HYDROLANT 159/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received from F/V tuna mill II in 25-23.0N 075-32.3W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas

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