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

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  1. HYDROLANT 223/132013-01-25 → 2013-02-09
    Man overboard from M/V fine tuna vicinity 30-07N 074-34W
    Western North Atlantic
  2. HYDROLANT 215/132013-01-24 → 2013-03-09
    11 meter S/V verad, white hull, one person on board, overdue el hierro (27-45N 018-00W) to puerto rico
    North Atlantic · Canary Islands To Puerto Rico
  3. HYDROLANT 167/132013-01-19 → 2013-01-19
    11 meter S/V rose des vents sinking in 35-16N 007-15W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  4. HYDROLANT 134/132013-01-16 → 2013-01-26
    Man overboard vicinity 16-00N 016-30W at 150630Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  5. HYDROLANT 130/132013-01-15 → 2013-01-16
    Man overboard vicinity 16-00N 016-30W at 150630Z jan
  6. NAVAREA IV 20/132013-01-15 → 2013-01-18
    Derelict liferaft, orange hull, adrift in 19-35N 068-19W on 14 jan
    Western North Atlantic · Dominican Republic-northeast Coast
  7. HYDROLANT 120/132013-01-14 → 2013-03-02
    Florida to bahamas
    Straits of Florida
  8. HYDROLANT 62/132013-01-07 → 2013-01-26
    Florida to puerto rico
    Western North Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 34/132013-01-03 → 2013-01-04
    Mauritania to senegal
    Eastern North Atlantic
  10. HYDROLANT 28/132013-01-03 → 2013-01-05
    Ten meter S/V zen, white and gray hull, one person on board, disabled and adrift due to rudder problems in…
    North Atlantic
  11. HYDROLANT 19/132013-01-03 → 2013-01-03
    Ten meter S/V zen, white and gray hull, one person on board, disabled and adrift due to rudder problems in…
    North Atlantic
  12. HYDROLANT 2/132013-01-01 → 2013-01-03
    Ten meter S/V zen, white and gray hull, one person on board, disabled and adrift due to rudder problems in…
    North Atlantic
  13. HYDROLANT 2991/122012-12-19 → 2012-12-29
    12 meter vessel, cheikh malamine seck khadim rassoul, yellow and red hull, four persons on board, requesting…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  14. HYDROLANT 2980/122012-12-18 → 2012-12-29
    Nine meter F/V, white and blue hull, three persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  15. HYDROLANT 2974/122012-12-17 → 2012-12-19
    32 foot S/V catania, white hull, three persons on board, overdue charleston (32-47N 079-56W) to st thomas…
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina To Virgin Islands
  16. HYDROLANT 2965/122012-12-16 → 2012-12-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-26.4N 051-58.3W at 160943Z dec
    North Atlantic · French Guiana
  17. HYDROLANT 2942/122012-12-13 → 2013-01-19
    S/V pantagruel unreported
    North Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 2899/122012-12-08 → 2012-12-22
    Man overboard from F/V tala 9 vicinity 34-35.2N 006-47.7W at 072150Z dec
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  19. HYDROLANT 2888/122012-12-06 → 2012-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V epluribum in 38-27.9N 073-01.9W at 062025Z dec
    Western North Atlantic
  20. HYDROLANT 2873/122012-12-05 → 2012-12-07
    M/V jesica I reports person requiring medical assistance in 02-40N 048-40W at 041230Z dec
    Brazil-north Coast
  21. HYDROLANT 2816/122012-11-30 → 2012-12-08
    Man overboard vicinity 19-49.2N 067-35.1W
    Western North Atlantic · Puerto Rico
  22. HYDROLANT 2810/122012-11-29 → 2012-12-08
    Man overboard from M/V eurodam vicinity 20-00N 067-00W at 290624Z nov
    Western North Atlantic · Puerto Rico
  23. HYDROLANT 2783/122012-11-25 → 2012-12-08
    Man overboard from M/V ottawa in 35-46.18N 040-48.35W at 251700Z nov
    North Atlantic
  24. HYDROLANT 2757/122012-11-21 → 2012-11-21
    47 foot S/V bella signora, four persons on board, dismasted and adrift vicinity 15-05N 054-22W
    Western North Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 2732/122012-11-18 → 2012-12-01
    Vessel, one person on board, white hull, overdue tiniteqilaaq (65-53.3N 037-46.8W) to tasiilaq (65-36.9N…
    Greenland-east Coast
  26. HYDROLANT 2730/122012-11-18 → 2012-11-19
    Distress signal received in 31-22.4N 033-09.2W at 181841Z nov
    North Atlantic · Azores
  27. HYDROLANT 2721/122012-11-18 → 2012-11-24
    Vessel, one person on board, sank in 01-17.1N 046-08.0W at 180130Z nov
    Brazil-north Coast
  28. HYDROLANT 2716/122012-11-17 → 2012-11-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-27.1N 041-39.2W at 171646Z nov
    North Atlantic
  29. HYDROLANT 2700/122012-11-15 → 2012-11-24
    Man overboard vicinity 15-57.0N 016-31.5W at 131530Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  30. HYDROLANT 2681/122012-11-12 → 2012-11-24
    Man overboard from vessel nave cosmos vicinity 17-36N 030-06W on 12 nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  31. HYDROLANT 2679/122012-11-12 → 2012-11-12
    Distress signal received from vessel nave cosmos in 17-36N 030-06W
    Eastern North Atlantic
  32. HYDROLANT 2659/122012-11-09 → 2012-11-17
    Distress signal received from S/V in 31-42.9N 011-16.4W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  33. HYDROLANT 2658/122012-11-09 → 2012-11-24
    Man overboard from M/V santa pelagia vicinity of trackline between 28-46.0N 074-48.8W and 25-24.5N 074-45.5W…
    Western North Atlantic
  34. HYDROLANT 2654/122012-11-09 → 2012-12-22
    9.5 meter M/V adjia dieng, yellow and blue hull, four persons on board, unreported vicinity saint louis…
    Eastern North Atlantic · Senegal
  35. HYDROLANT 2645/122012-11-08 → 2012-11-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 45 foot vessel, white hull, in 28-11.0N 078-18.5W
    Western North Atlantic · Florida
  36. HYDROLANT 2581/122012-11-02 → 2012-11-10
    22 foot vessel lady schlanea, five persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 27-04.4N 078-48.3W
    Western North Atlantic · Bahamas
  37. HYDROLANT 2564/122012-10-31 → 2012-11-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 43-26.7N 033-57.4W at 312100Z oct
    North Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 2558/122012-10-31 → 2012-11-10
    13.4 meter S/V okole ogazon, white hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 34-55.14N 013-28.08W…
    Eastern North Atlantic
  39. HYDROLANT 2552/122012-10-30 → 2012-11-10
    Distress signal received vicinity 39-46N 072-52W at 301152Z oct
    Western North Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 2551/122012-10-30 → 2012-11-03
    90 foot S/V HMS bounty partially submerged and adrift vicinity 33-52N 073-54W at 291830Z oct
    Western North Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 2549/122012-10-30 → 2012-11-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 41-47.2N 066-14.5W at 300046Z oct
    Western North Atlantic · Georges Bank
  42. HYDROLANT 2545/122012-10-30 → 2012-10-30
    S/V HMS bounty sank vicinity 34-11.7N 074-17.5W
    Western North Atlantic
  43. HYDROLANT 2542/122012-10-29 → 2012-10-30
    S/V HMS bounty sank vicinity 34-11.7N 074-17.5W
    Western North Atlantic
  44. HYDROLANT 2536/122012-10-29 → 2012-10-31
    Distresss signal received on 406 mhz from 180 foot S/V HMS bounty in 34-11.7N 074-17.5W at 290106Z oct
    Western North Atlantic
  45. HYDROLANT 2535/122012-10-29 → 2012-12-15
    93 foot S/V lemanja, white hull, five persons on board, unreported st george (32-22N 064-40W) to st marten…
    Western North Atlantic · Bermuda To British Virgin Islands
  46. HYDROLANT 2502/122012-10-25 → 2012-10-25
    13 meter vessel, yellow and white hull, nine persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Atlantic · Mauritania
  47. HYDROLANT 2495/122012-10-25 → 2012-12-08
    S/V reveur de jour, yellow hull, three persons on board, unreported to canary islands (28-06N 015-24W)
    Eastern North Atlantic
  48. HYDROLANT 2462/122012-10-22 → 2012-11-03
    30 to 40 foot S/V, white hull, three persons on board, unreported annapolis (38-58.4N 076-30.1W) to saint…
    Western North Atlantic · Maryland To Virgin Islands
  49. HYDROLANT 2456/122012-10-21 → 2012-10-22
    Great bahama bank
    Straits of Florida
  50. HYDROLANT 2446/122012-10-19 → 2012-11-03
    Distress signal received vicinity 20-08.6N 066-35.0W
    Western North Atlantic

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