Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Solomon Sea

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Archive · 151 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 601/142014-03-02 → 2014-03-03
    Man overboard from canoe vicinity tufi (09-05S 149-19E) at 280400Z feb
    Solomon Sea · Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast
  2. HYDROPAC 196/142014-01-20 → 2014-01-28
    Seven meter vessel, white hull with yellow and black stripe, six persons on board, overdue umboi island…
    Papua New Guinea-east Coast · Bismarck Sea · Solomon Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 3273/132013-10-22 → 2013-10-23
    Distress signal received in 09-24.75S 151-38.12E at 221510Z oct
    Solomon Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 3270/132013-10-22 → 2013-10-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-29.1S 151-44.4E at 221032Z oct
    Solomon Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 2819/132013-09-16 → 2013-10-05
    Distress signal received from vessel lake win in 09-25S 159-58E
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  6. HYDROPAC 2686/132013-09-06 → 2013-09-11
    Three persons overboard from capsized canoe vicinity 08-00S 149-00E
    Papua New Guinea · Huon Gulf
  7. HYDROPAC 1363/132013-05-11 → 2013-05-13
    23 foot vessel, one person on board, overdue tami island (06-46S 147-54E) to finschaffen (06-36S 147-51E)
    Papua New Guinea-east Coast · Huon Gulf
  8. HYDROPAC 333/132013-02-01 → 2013-02-07
    Vessel, three persons on board, overdue normanby island (09-59S 151-16E) to woodlark island (09-07S 152-42E)
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast · Solomon Sea
  9. HYDROPAC 3671/122012-12-24 → 2012-12-29
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, six persons on board, unreported treasury island (07-21S 155-34E) to gizo…
    Solomon Sea · Solomon Islands
  10. HYDROPAC 3024/122012-10-27 → 2012-10-27
    Distress signal received on 406.0/121.5 mhz vicinity 08-54.60S 160-39.06E at 270753Z oct
    Western South Pacific · Solomon Islands
  11. HYDROPAC 2453/122012-08-27 → 2012-08-29
    23 foot vessel, seven persons on board, overdue goodenough island (09-22S 150-16E) to east cape milne bay…
    Papua New Guinea-southeast Coast
  12. HYDROPAC 2161/122012-07-29 → 2012-07-31
    6.5 meter vessel, nine persons on board, overdue ghizo island (08-06S 156-46E) to nila (07-05S 155-53E)
    Western South Pacific · Solomon Islands
  13. HYDROPAC 846/122012-03-24 → 2012-03-24
    23 foot vessel, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 06-03S 147-44E
    Papua New Guinea-northeast Coast · Vitiaz Strait
  14. HYDROPAC 632/122012-03-03 → 2012-03-08
    6.4 meter vessel, white hull, two persons on board, unreported
    South Pacific · Solomon Sea
  15. HYDROPAC 277/122012-02-01 → 2012-02-02
    Distress signal received from 47 meter M/V rabaul queen, 350 persons on board, vicinity 06-28.8S 147-58.5E
    Papua New Guinea · Vitiaz Strait
  16. HYDROPAC 2968/112011-10-22 → 2011-10-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V bikoi II, 65 persons on board, taking on water vicinity 08-27S…
    Western South Pacific · Solomon Islands
  17. HYDROPAC 2311/112011-08-17 → 2011-08-19
    Man overboard from F/V goei maru in 09-51S 157-27E at 161815Z aug
    South Pacific · Solomon Sea
  18. HYDROPAC 1966/112011-07-08 → 2011-07-14
    Vessel, one person on board, overdue gizo island (08-04.05S 156-47.59E) to 08-20.00S 156-44.00E and return
    South Pacific · Solomon Sea
  19. HYDROPAC 1942/112011-07-06 → 2011-07-10
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, four persons onboard, disabled and adrift in 06-45.83S 147-54.16E
    Papa New Guinea · Huon Golf
  20. HYDROPAC 1521/112011-05-21 → 2011-05-24
    23 foot vessel, ten persons on board, disabled and adrift in 06-46S 147-36E at 190545Z may
    Papua New Guinea · Huon Gulf
  21. HYDROPAC 1094/112011-04-08 → 2011-04-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-46S 151-37E at 080451Z apr
    Solomon Sea · Louisiade Archipelago
  22. HYDROPAC 708/112011-03-05 → 2011-03-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-56S 150-57E at 052016Z mar
    Solomon Sea · Trobriand Islands
  23. HYDROPAC 232/112011-01-19 → 2011-01-25
    5.8 meter vessel, two persons on board, overdue buka passage (05-27S 154-40E) and return on 17 jan
    South Pacific · Solomon Sea · Cape Kwoi To Buka Island
  24. HYDROPAC 210/112011-01-18 → 2011-01-19
    Seven meter vessel, orange hull, 14 persons on board, overdue buka (05-24S 154-40E) to ghizo (08-03S…
    South Pacific · Solomon Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 1618/102010-08-11 → 2010-08-11
    Seven meter vessel, white hull, 11 persons on board, unreported nissan island (04-32.5S 154-15.2E) to buka…
    Solomon Sea · Bougainville Island
  26. HYDROPAC 7/102010-01-01 → 2010-01-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 14 meter vessel fan chuan, one person on board, vicinity 09-10S…
    Solomon Sea
  27. HYDROPAC 2255/092009-12-02 → 2009-12-05
    Nine meter vessel, white hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 06-13.52S 154-06.38E at 250720Z…
  28. HYDROPAC 1718/092009-09-23 → 2009-09-23
    14 meter S/V fan chuan, white hull with blue stripe, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 07-38S…
  29. HYDROPAC 353/092009-02-15 → 2009-02-17
    Man overboard in 05-37S 151-49E at 150112Z feb
  30. HYDROPAC 1853/082008-09-22 → 2008-09-27
    17 meter F/V santa maria star, two persons on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 160 miles southwest of…
  31. HYDROPAC 1255/082008-07-04 → 2008-07-05
    14 meter vessel medisonship I, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 08-35.0S 153-06.4E
  32. HYDROPAC 1162/082008-06-20 → 2008-06-28
    Two six meter banana boats, five persons on board, overdue pocklington reef (10-44S 155-52E) to rossel…
  33. HYDROPAC 1037/072007-06-13 → 2007-06-15
    32 meter M/V hiri, four persons on board, adrift in 10-35S 151-54E
  34. HYDROPAC 78/062006-01-16 → 2006-01-19
    19 foot vessel, five persons onboard, unreported since 15 jan vicinity of truk atoll (07-15S 151-45E)
  35. HYDROPAC 130/042004-01-23 → 2004-01-29
    Vessel, green hull, two persons on board, overdue malasiga (06-42S 147-48E) to tami island (06-46S 147-54E)
  36. HYDROPAC 2167/032003-12-13 → 2004-01-24
    Man overboard from M/V moika vicinity 08-42S 159-53E at 121200Z dec
  37. HYDROPAC 695/032003-04-22 → 2003-06-06
    Four meter vessel, one person on board, overdue pongani village (09-03S 148-34E) to oro bay (08-53S 148-30E)
  38. HYDROPAC 668/032003-04-16 → 2003-04-18
    Four meter vessel, brown hull, one person on board, overdue pongani (09-03S 148-34E) to oro bay (08-53S…
  39. HYDROPAC 1994/022002-10-25 → 2002-12-07
    6.4 meter vessel, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue honiara to 09-24S 159-29E
  40. HYDROPAC 1967/022002-10-22 → 2002-10-25
    4 meter F/V, blue hull, two persons on board, overdue honiara to 09-24S 159-29E
  41. HYDROPAC 1892/022002-10-10 → 2002-10-11
    Nine persons overboard from capsized vessel vicinity pororan island (05-13S 154-31E)
  42. HYDROPAC 2008/012001-12-08 → 2002-01-25
    101 meter M/V gazelle coast, 19 persons on board, has refloated and intends to beach at bushy islets (10-56S…
  43. HYDROPAC 2006/012001-12-08 → 2001-12-08
    101 meter M/V gazelle coast, 19 persons on board, aground and taking on water in 10-59.9S 152-34.7E at…
  44. HYDROPAC 1316/012001-08-15 → 2001-09-28
    Four meter vessel, white hull, five persons on board, capsized between sanarao island (09-35S 151-00E) and…
  45. HYDROPAC 1167/012001-07-24 → 2001-09-07
    F/V yung ying 606, white hull, 14 persons on board, unreported
  46. HYDROPAC 966/012001-06-24 → 2001-07-03
    6 meter canoe, green hull, two persons on board, overdue simbo island (08-16S 156-31E) to ranongga island…
  47. HYDROPAC 698/012001-05-08 → 2001-05-08
    24 meter F/V yung yu 606 unreported new guinea to solomon islands
  48. HYDROPAC 608/012001-04-24 → 2001-04-26
    Seven meter vessel, blue hull, two persons onboard, unreported vicinity russel island (09-00S 159-10E)
  49. HYDROPAC 978/002000-07-05 → 2000-07-07
    Man overboard from M/V halo olympus between 08-05.6S 153-57.1E and 07-38.0S 153-53.1E at 050200Z jul
  50. HYDROPAC 650/002000-04-30 → 2000-04-30
    Vessel world discoverer, 192 persons on board, sinking and abandoning ship in 09-01S 160-07E at 300458Z apr

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