Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the South 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 South Atlantic Ocean

Archive · 1,590 cancelled

  1. HYDROLANT 947/112011-06-06 → 2011-07-02
    Man overboard vicinity 33-34S 045-57W at 030600Z jun
    Western South Atlantic
  2. HYDROLANT 834/112011-05-17 → 2011-06-18
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-12-44S 012-52-50E
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  3. HYDROPAC 1469/112011-05-17 → 2011-05-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-12-44S 012-52-50E
    Eastern South Pacific · Angola
  4. HYDROLANT 763/112011-05-05 → 2011-05-06
    Vessel rio de la plata reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 19-45.9S 039-10.8W
    Brazil-east Coast
  5. HYDROLANT 744/112011-05-02 → 2011-05-11
    Vessel sank in 42-28S 027-28W
    South Atlantic
  6. HYDROLANT 740/112011-05-01 → 2011-05-07
    F/V shian man ching reports four persons on board with serious burns requiring medical assistance in 42-13S…
    South Atlantic
  7. HYDROLANT 732/112011-04-30 → 2011-05-02
    Vessel, white hull, damaged by explosion in 42-33S 027-54W
    South Atlantic
  8. HYDROLANT 728/112011-04-29 → 2011-04-30
    Distress signal received in 42-27S 028-06W, explosion on board, 37 crew members entering liferafts
    South Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 696/112011-04-25 → 2011-04-30
    Man overboard in 06-15.00S 035-02.25W at 242023Z apr
    Brazil-northeast Coast
  10. HYDROLANT 678/112011-04-21 → 2011-05-26
    Man overboard in 25-33S 042-53W at 210300Z apr
    Brazil-south Coast
  11. HYDROLANT 662/112011-04-19 → 2011-06-11
    Man overboard in 25-09.42S 047-25.14W at 111010Z apr
    Brazil-south Coast
  12. HYDROLANT 607/112011-04-12 → 2011-04-16
    10.5 meter S/V bruja de mar, black and white hull, one person on board, unreported puerto argentino (51-41S…
    Falklands Islands To Uruguay
  13. HYDROLANT 605/112011-04-12 → 2011-04-21
    Man overboard in 29-09.42S 047-25.14W at 111010Z apr
    Brazil-south Coast
  14. HYDROLANT 597/112011-04-10 → 2011-04-23
    Distress signal received from vessel summer breeze vicinity 07-56S 014-22W
    South Atlantic · Ascension Island
  15. HYDROLANT 575/112011-04-05 → 2011-04-13
    Man overboard from M/V fon-yu no 3 in 46-24S 060-25W
    Western South Atlantic · Argentina
  16. HYDROLANT 574/112011-04-05 → 2011-04-09
    Man overboard in 08-23S 034-54W at 031030Z apr
    Brazil-east Coast
  17. HYDROLANT 561/112011-04-03 → 2011-04-09
    M/V reports one crewman sick in 32-48S 035-18W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  18. HYDROLANT 545/112011-03-31 → 2011-04-09
    Man overboard vicinity 23-16.0S 044-33.7W at 311800Z mar
    Brazil-south Coast
  19. HYDROLANT 484/112011-03-24 → 2011-04-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 35-16S 052-52W
    Western South Atlantic · Uruguay
  20. HYDROLANT 473/112011-03-22 → 2011-03-25
    S/V enigma, white hull, five persons on board, unreported brazil to cape town (33-55-00S 018-25-00E)
    Brazil To South Africa
  21. HYDROLANT 444/112011-03-18 → 2011-03-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 34-35S 052-46W
    Western South Atlantic · Uruguay
  22. HYDROLANT 395/112011-03-10 → 2011-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 34-35.3S 052-23.9W
    South Atlantic
  23. HYDROLANT 326/112011-02-25 → 2011-02-26
    Vessel spray dust, red and orange hull, three persons on board, unreported
    South Atlantic · Brazil
  24. HYDROLANT 320/112011-02-23 → 2011-02-23
    Distress signal received from M/V frio pacific in 26-03.47S 041-52.55W at 231253Z feb
    Brazil-south Coast
  25. HYDROLANT 314/112011-02-22 → 2011-02-22
    Man overboard in 19-56S 011-52E at 220800Z feb
    Eastern South Atlantic · Namibia
  26. HYDROLANT 290/112011-02-17 → 2011-02-25
    Man overboard from vessel in 04-52S 036-02W at 161200Z feb
    Brazil-north Coast
  27. HYDROLANT 228/112011-02-06 → 2011-03-26
    Ten meter S/V totten, yellow hull, one person on board, overdue cape agulhas (34-50.0S 020-00.1E) to brazil
    South Atlantic · South Africa To Brazil
  28. HYDROLANT 11/112011-01-04 → 2011-01-06
    Man overboard vicinty 22-57S 042-41W at 040230Z jan
    Brazil-south Coast
  29. HYDROLANT 2516/102010-12-27 → 2011-01-08
    Man overboard vicinity 22-02S 040-31W at 270845Z dec
    Brazil-southeast Coast
  30. HYDROLANT 2239/102010-11-23 → 2010-12-02
    Vessel pesca nautica shipwrecked
    Brazil-northeast Coast
  31. HYDROLANT 2192/102010-11-18 → 2010-11-20
    Vessel sincero, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 04-20S 036-23W at 180544Z nov
    Brazil-northeast Coast
  32. HYDROLANT 2126/102010-11-08 → 2010-11-27
    Man overboard in 03-15S 038-35W at 070600Z nov
    Brazil-northeast Coast
  33. HYDROLANT 2123/102010-11-07 → 2010-11-22
    Man overboard in 20-55S 040-35W at 061630Z nov
    Brazil-southeast Coast
  34. HYDROLANT 2016/102010-10-25 → 2010-10-25
    Distress signal received in 51-33S 009-08W at 250650Z oct
    Eastern South Atlantic
  35. HYDROLANT 1993/102010-10-21 → 2010-11-06
    M/V st james park reports crewman with kidney failure requiring medical assistance in 33-35.1S 001-53.1W
    South Atlantic
  36. HYDROPAC 2079/102010-10-07 → 2010-11-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 43 foot F/V southern destiny, white hull, between vanuatu (17-45S…
    South Pacific
  37. HYDROLANT 1873/102010-10-02 → 2010-10-19
    Man overboard vicinity 33-09.25S 052-12.98W at 282300Z sep
    Brazil-south Coast
  38. HYDROLANT 1837/102010-09-29 → 2010-10-02
    Vessel puma shipwrecked in 00-47.5S 045-56.0W at 262300Z sep
    Brazil-north Coast
  39. HYDROLANT 1827/102010-09-26 → 2010-09-29
    Vessel veleiros contique reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 06-17S 033-51W at 261913Z sep
    Brazil-northeast Coast
  40. HYDROLANT 1826/102010-09-26 → 2010-09-29
    Vessel veleiros fram reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 06-02S 033-33W at 261913Z sep
    Brazil-northeast Coast
  41. HYDROLANT 1804/102010-09-24 → 2010-10-02
    Vessel romulo disabled and adrift reports crewman with burns requiring medical assistance in 03-26S 030-04W…
    Brazil-northeast Coast
  42. HYDROLANT 1721/102010-09-11 → 2010-09-15
    Man overboard vicinity 26-51.4S 048-14.5W at 110001Z sep
    Brazil-south Coast
  43. HYDROLANT 1711/102010-09-10 → 2010-10-02
    Man overboard vicinity 27-25S 041-55W at 092130Z sep
    South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  44. HYDROLANT 1680/102010-09-06 → 2010-09-07
    Man overboard vicinity 00-31.3S 048-18.1W at 052100Z sep
    Brazil-north Coast
  45. HYDROLANT 1605/102010-08-26 → 2010-08-27
    Vessel, two persons on board, reported missing
    Brazil-north Coast
  46. HYDROLANT 1586/102010-08-22 → 2010-08-23
    Vessel farol beach, two persons on board, unreported
    Brazil-southeast Coast
  47. HYDROLANT 1572/102010-08-20 → 2010-09-04
    Vessel pirata da vovo, two persons on board, unreported
    Brazil-northeast Coast
  48. HYDROLANT 1544/102010-08-16 → 2010-08-21
    Man overboard vicinity ilha branca (21-00S 040-47W)
    Brazil-southeast Coast
  49. HYDROLANT 1540/102010-08-15 → 2010-08-22
    Vessel shipwrecked with one person missing in 25-29.3S 048-16.5W at 142015Z aug
    Brazil-south Coast
  50. HYDROLANT 1514/102010-08-10 → 2010-08-12
    Distress signal received from M/V comandante lucas in 01-38S 050-32W at 090730Z aug
    Brazil-north Coast

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