Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Red Sea

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 Red Sea

Archive · 22 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 1491/252025-06-09 → 2025-12-04
    Man overboard from vessel aporprouda in 21-33.59N 038-48.23E
    Red Sea · Saudi Arabia
  2. HYDROPAC 1096/232023-03-31 → 2023-04-02
    S/V genesis, three persons on board unreported sudan (19-35.00N 037-11.00E) to korea
    Sudan
  3. HYDROPAC 2923/222022-10-18 → 2022-10-18
    Vessel sinking and 11 persons on board abandoning ship in 14-53.10N 041-49.45E
    Red Sea · Yemen
  4. HYDROPAC 2058/192019-06-24 → 2019-07-12
    M/V caroline selmer reports crewman with compound fractures in 16-26N 041-06E
    Red Sea · Saudi Arabia
  5. HYDROPAC 4267/172017-12-06 → 2017-12-22
    Vessel sank in 27-36.55N 035-05.42E, persons missing
    Red Sea · Saudi Arabia
  6. HYDROPAC 1701/172017-05-14 → 2017-06-02
    Distress signal received from M/V best future in 16-06N 040-46E
    Red Sea · Eritrea
  7. HYDROPAC 224/162016-01-26 → 2016-01-31
    Distress signal received from vessel DM234 in 19-13N 038-11E at 260124Z jan
    Red Sea
  8. HYDROPAC 1078/152015-03-29 → 2015-04-09
    Three men overboard from capsized F/V vicinity 14-23.00N 042-04.00E at 290930Z mar
    Red Sea
  9. HYDROPAC 1075/152015-03-29 → 2015-03-29
    Three men overboard from capsized F/V vicinity 14-23N 042-04E at 290930Z mar
    Red Sea
  10. HYDROPAC 2647/142014-09-09 → 2014-09-12
    Derelict catamaran, black and white hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 17-33N 040-23E at 090956Z sep
    Red Sea
  11. HYDROPAC 355/112011-01-30 → 2011-02-11
    Egypt to djibouti
    Red Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 1734/092009-09-26 → 2009-09-29
    S/V anaika, white hull, overdue hurgahada, egypt (27-15N 033-50E) to djibouti (11-30N 043-00E)
  13. HYDROPAC 972/092009-05-21 → 2009-05-30
    Man overboard from M/V kastro vicinity 22-47N 037-19.2E
  14. HYDROPAC 1020/082008-05-28 → 2008-06-14
    M/V nextans skagerrak reports crewman with possible heart attack in 27-00N 035-00E
  15. HYDROPAC 190/072007-01-28 → 2007-03-16
    Man overboard from S/V anna lisa vicinity 14-44.6N 041-31.6E at 280540Z jan
  16. HYDROPAC 192/062006-02-03 → 2006-02-15
    M/V al salam boccaccio 98, 1400 persons on board, sunk in 27-08N 034-31E
  17. HYDROPAC 1343/042004-08-17 → 2004-09-30
    Distress signal received from M/V iran ardebil vicinity 12-38N 043-25E
  18. HYDROPAC 491/032003-03-20 → 2002-05-03
    63 meter S/V meander 2, blue and white hull, one person on board, overdue port sudan (19-35N 037-15E) to…
  19. HYDROPAC 327/032003-02-23 → 2003-04-12
    Distress signal received from M/V neptune, 22 persons on board, disabled and adrift and in need of medical…
  20. HYDROPAC 1540/012001-09-25 → 2001-11-09
    20 persons from vessel ocean breeze abandoned ship in two liferafts vicinity 14-01.5N 042-41.5E at 241600Z sep
  21. HYDROPAC 1180/012001-07-25 → 2001-08-06
    6 meter S/V zeus, two persons on board, overdue port soudan to djibouti
  22. HYDROPAC 1012/981998-12-25 → 1999-02-05
    Distress signal received on inmarsat-c from M/V safer in vicinity 15-07N 042-36E

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