Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Solomon Sea

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  1. HYDROPAC 927/242024-03-20 → 2024-03-25
    15 foot vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue in vicinity matsungan island (05-23.30S 154-34.57E)
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  2. HYDROPAC 866/242024-03-15 → 2024-03-21
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift between siassi island (05-50.58S…
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  3. HYDROPAC 461/242024-02-08 → 2024-02-08
    Seven meter vessel, white and orange hull, 14 persons on board, overdue mono island (07-21.1S 155-33.1E) to…
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  4. HYDROPAC 3997/232023-12-23 → 2023-12-24
    Man overboard from vessel in 05-59.14S 147-46.40E at 230800Z dec
    Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  5. HYDROPAC 3121/232023-09-30 → 2023-10-08
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, 14 persons on board, sank in vicinity 06-44.77S 147-34.62E at 260430Z sep
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  6. HYDROPAC 2749/232023-08-26 → 2023-08-29
    Two persons overboard from 23 foot vessel, capsized and adrift, between malasiga (06-41.50S 147-48.00E) and…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  7. HYDROPAC 1822/232023-06-01 → 2023-06-01
    M/V alotau, 37 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to rudder damage in vicinity 10-33.38S 151-54.09E…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  8. HYDROPAC 1738/232023-05-25 → 2023-05-27
    Canoe, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift between misima island (10-37.54S 152-31.37E) and panaeati…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  9. HYDROPAC 1688/232023-05-21 → 2023-05-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 20 meter M/V jeans pride, 50 persons on board, in 08-44.27S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  10. HYDROPAC 708/232023-03-03 → 2023-03-07
    Seven meter vessel, ten persons on board, capsized and adrift between woodlark island (09-10.30S 152-55.70E)…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  11. HYDROPAC 433/232023-02-08 → 2023-02-24
    Man overboard from M/V fair lady in vicinity of trackline joining 08-46.00S 158-20.00E at 071300Z and…
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  12. HYDROPAC 179/232023-01-15 → 2023-01-16
    Six meter vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue saposa island (05-35.40S 154-42.30E) to torokina…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  13. HYDROPAC 36/232023-01-03 → 2023-01-05
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, seven persons on board, overdue alotau (10-18.36S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  14. HYDROPAC 3386/222022-11-28 → 2022-11-29
    Eight meter vessel, white hull, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 04-53.00S 152-48.00E
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  15. HYDROPAC 2863/222022-10-13 → 2022-10-13
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, eight persons on board, overdue normanby island…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  16. HYDROPAC 2684/222022-09-27 → 2022-10-03
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with yellow stripe, four persons on board, overdue buka town (05-26.08S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  17. HYDROPAC 2301/222022-08-22 → 2022-09-09
    Seven meter vessel joy 3, white hull with orange stripes, seven persons on board, overdue alotau (10-19.36S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  18. HYDROPAC 2085/222022-07-31 → 2022-07-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinty 10-12.80S 158-27.53E
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  19. HYDROPAC 1408/222022-05-21 → 2022-05-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from seven meter vessel, white hull, in vicinity 07-16.70S 156-02.70E at…
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  20. HYDROPAC 870/222022-04-01 → 2022-04-01
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, two persons on board overdue cape vogel (09-45S 150-04E) to rabaraba (09-58S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  21. HYDROPAC 341/222022-02-08 → 2022-02-25
    Seven meter vessel, nine persons on board, overdue gawa island (08-59.5S 152-00.00E) to mismia island…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  22. HYDROPAC 76/222022-01-09 → 2022-01-09
    Man overboard from M/V spirit of hela in vicinity of trackline joining 05-49.0S 147-36.0E, 07-01.5S…
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea
  23. HYDROPAC 51/222022-01-06 → 2022-01-21
    Seven meter vessel kainmrep express 01, six persons on board, overdue wide bay (05-02.27S 151-58.00E) to…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  24. HYDROPAC 2978/212021-10-18 → 2021-10-19
    Vessel, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 06-59.6S 147-04.7E at 172300Z oct
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  25. HYDROPAC 2879/212021-10-09 → 2021-10-09
    Seven meter F/V, white hull with yellow stripes, three persons on board, overdue buka passage (05-28.11S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  26. HYDROPAC 2354/212021-08-17 → 2021-08-23
    Seven meter vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue honiara (09-25.5S 159-57.0E) to mborokua island…
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  27. HYDROPAC 2212/212021-08-02 → 2021-08-05
    Seven meter vessel, seven persons on board, overdue nabwageta island (09-12.5S 150-49.5E) to losuia…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  28. HYDROPAC 2112/212021-07-21 → 2022-03-25
    Search and rescue operations in area bound by 04-25.00S 154-00.50E, 04-39.00S 154-20.00E, 06-47.00S…
    Western South Pacific · Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  29. HYDROPAC 2090/212021-07-20 → 2021-07-20
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, seven persons on board, overdue normanby island (10-02S 150-56E) to east…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  30. HYDROPAC 2008/212021-07-11 → 2021-07-13
    Seven meter vessel, blue hull with red cabin, seven persons onboard, unreported santa isabel (08-35S…
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  31. HYDROPAC 1983/212021-07-08 → 2021-07-09
    5.5 meter vessel, orange hull, three persons on board, overdue
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  32. HYDROPAC 347/212021-01-27 → 2021-01-30
    Eight meter vessel, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift between woodlark island (09-14.47S 152-41.10E)…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  33. HYDROPAC 256/212021-01-19 → 2021-01-21
    15 meter vessel, white superstructure, 55 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-40.29S 152-12.00E at…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  34. HYDROPAC 3087/202020-10-22 → 2020-10-22
    Man overboard from MV es pluto in vicinity of trackline joining mackay (09-26S 151-31.05E) at 212300Z oct…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  35. HYDROPAC 2676/202020-09-15 → 2020-09-16
    White vessel, orange stripes, six persons on board, overdue ferguson island (09-20S 150-30E) to kiriwina…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  36. HYDROPAC 517/202020-02-13 → 2020-02-14
    Distress signal received in vicinity 10-41.80S 152-06.80E at 130935Z feb
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  37. HYDROPAC 478/202020-02-11 → 2020-02-12
    Seven meter vessel, orange stripe, three persons on board, overdue panabwal (10-46.53S 151-46.88E) to…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  38. HYDROPAC 452/202020-02-10 → 2020-02-10
    Vessel, four persons on board, reported disabled and adrift in 06-25.9S 148-20.1E at 091930Z feb
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  39. HYDROPAC 4088/192019-12-10 → 2019-12-17
    Vessel, white hull with orange stripe, eight persons on board, overdue lae (06-44.02S 147-00.00E) to kotaure…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  40. HYDROPAC 4074/192019-12-09 → 2019-12-10
    Vessel, seven persons on board, experiencing mechanical difficulties and overdue alotua (10-18S 150-27E) to…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  41. HYDROPAC 3769/192019-11-17 → 2019-11-18
    15 meter M/V lady german, orange hull, 13 persons on board, sunk off finschafen coast (06-38S 148-00E) at…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  42. HYDROPAC 3431/192019-10-18 → 2019-10-18
    Seven meter vessel bush kapul, four persons on board, overdue gitua village (06-36.27S 147-51.13E) and return
    Vitiaz Strait · Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  43. HYDROPAC 3158/192019-09-25 → 2019-10-02
    Canoe, one person on board, overdue
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  44. HYDROPAC 1904/192019-06-11 → 2019-06-15
    Six meter vessel, two persons on board, overdue east cape (10-13S 150-52E) to esa'ala (09-44S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  45. HYDROPAC 1635/192019-05-14 → 2019-05-15
    7 meter vessel, orange hull, two persons on board, unreported
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  46. HYDROPAC 1444/192019-04-30 → 2019-05-06
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, two persons on board, overdue oro bay (08-53.6S…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  47. HYDROPAC 1354/192019-04-22 → 2019-04-24
    23 foot vessel, seven persons on board, overdue trobriand island (08-32.8S 151-03.7E) to woodlark island…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  48. HYDROPAC 481/192019-02-12 → 2019-02-16
    Seven meter vessel, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift between fincshhafen (06-33S 147-51E) and…
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  49. HYDROPAC 4499/182018-12-17 → 2019-01-04
    10 meter vessel, nine persons on board, overdue finschhafen (06-36S 147-52E) to siassi (05-50S 148-03E)
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea
  50. HYDROPAC 4008/182018-11-06 → 2018-11-07
    Six meter vessel, white and orange hull, six persons on board, overdue lae (06-44.0S 146-59.0E) to umboi…
    Solomon Sea · Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea

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