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

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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

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  1. HYDROLANT 2215/092009-11-14 → 2009-11-15
    Derelict vessel veremos V, green and white hull, capsized and adrift in 22-42S 039-49W
  2. HYDROLANT 2178/092009-11-08 → 2009-11-14
    Vessel, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 18-06S 039-17W at 071900Z nov
  3. HYDROLANT 2160/092009-11-06 → 2009-11-08
    Two persons missing from M/V leonardo vicinity 26-00S 048-30W
  4. HYDROLANT 2120/092009-10-31 → 2009-11-14
    Man overboard from vessel in 07-57.50S 034-31.83W at 292300Z oct
  5. HYDROLANT 2080/092009-10-26 → 2009-10-28
    Vessel phoenix, one person on board, unreported
  6. HYDROLANT 2078/092009-10-26 → 2009-10-28
    5 meter S/V phoenix, white hull, overdue
  7. HYDROLANT 2071/092009-10-25 → 2009-10-30
    Man overboard in 25-52S 048-18W at 230630Z oct
  8. HYDROLANT 2038/092009-10-21 → 2009-12-05
    5 meter S/V kind pogo, grey hull, unreported
  9. HYDROLANT 2022/092009-10-19 → 2009-10-21
    Man overboard from vessel vicinity 14-16.44S 038-59.15W
  10. HYDROLANT 2015/092009-10-18 → 2009-10-20
    S/V europa reports sick crewman vicinity arquipelago de fernando de noronha (03-51S 032-25W)
  11. HYDROLANT 1971/092009-10-11 → 2009-10-17
    Man overboard in 20-46.4S 034-54.1W on 10 oct
  12. HYDROLANT 1925/092009-10-06 → 2009-10-10
    M/V rebekka n reports one crewman sick in 24-00.0S 031-59.2W at 052200Z oct
  13. HYDROLANT 1886/092009-09-30 → 2009-10-02
    M/V orkhan ekince reports crewman with broken leg requiring medical assistance in 15-22S 035-52W at 271900Z…
  14. HYDROLANT 1884/092009-09-30 → 2009-10-02
    S/V iemanyai reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 31-04S 050-27W
  15. HYDROLANT 1883/092009-09-30 → 2009-10-02
    Vessel torres del paine reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 33-23S 047-13W
  16. HYDROLANT 1835/092009-09-23 → 2009-09-23
    Distress signal received from M/V maersk erimo vicinity 00-09S 000-15E at 232230Z sep
  17. HYDROLANT 1816/092009-09-22 → 2009-09-25
    Man overboard vicinity 37-37.01S 054-54.09W at 180630Z sep
  18. HYDROLANT 1740/092009-09-13 → 2009-09-19
    F/V santa luzia, one person on board, disabled and adrift vicinity 00-44S 048-15W
  19. HYDROLANT 1719/092009-09-10 → 2009-09-19
    Man overboard in 29-49.93S 049-48.85W at 091415Z sep
  20. HYDROLANT 1683/092009-09-04 → 2009-09-12
    M/V antartica reports crewman with heart attack in 02-02S 008-16W
  21. HYDROLANT 1679/092009-09-04 → 2009-09-06
    Last known position vicinity 20-40S 040-20W
    F/V Seninha, Two Persons On Board, Unreported
  22. HYDROLANT 1663/092009-09-01 → 2009-09-04
    Derelict F/V estrela do mar IV capsized and adrift in 18-04.64S 039-22.71W at 292005Z aug
  23. HYDROLANT 1654/092009-08-31 → 2009-09-01
    F/V estrela do mar IV capsized in 18-04.64S 039-22.71W at 292005Z aug
  24. HYDROLANT 1609/092009-08-25 → 2009-08-31
    F/V estrela capsized in 18-27.52S 039-26.10W at 232058Z aug
  25. HYDROLANT 1598/092009-08-23 → 2009-08-25
    F/V estrela do mar IV capsized in 18-28.05S 039-25.74W at 231230Z aug
  26. HYDROLANT 1597/092009-08-23 → 2009-08-29
    Man overboard in 24-10.60S 045-57.15W at 230515Z aug
  27. HYDROLANT 1483/092009-08-06 → 2009-08-07
    F/V franche terre reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 07-00S 007-00W at 061900Z aug
  28. HYDROLANT 1468/092009-08-04 → 2009-08-15
    F/V nuevo golondrina reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 31-53S 038-24W at 041415Z aug
  29. HYDROLANT 1452/092009-08-02 → 2009-08-02
    Distress signal received from vessel china frost in 11-37.4S 008-27.8E
  30. HYDROLANT 1443/092009-07-31 → 2009-08-22
    Man overboard in 20-46.4S 034-54.1W on 26 jul
  31. HYDROLANT 1387/092009-07-26 → 2009-07-30
    Man overboard in 19-55.47S 039-37.32W at 261000Z jul
  32. HYDROLANT 1297/092009-07-13 → 2009-07-15
    Vessel, two persons on board, disabled and adrift between ilha caieiras (20-19S 040-20W) and ponta da fruta…
  33. HYDROLANT 1285/092009-07-10 → 2009-07-16
    Man overboard in 11-20.6S 018-17.7W at 100845Z jul
  34. HYDROLANT 1275/092009-07-09 → 2009-07-24
    Man overboard in 23-47S 041-37W at 082255Z jul vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout, assist…
  35. HYDROLANT 1213/092009-06-30 → 2009-07-11
    Man overboard in 30-58S 049-33W at 300231Z jun
  36. HYDROLANT 1193/092009-06-26 → 2009-06-27
    M/V cielo di milano reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 16-53.8S 038-08.0W at 251735Z jun
  37. HYDROLANT 1164/092009-06-23 → 2009-06-27
    Vessel canopus, five persons on board, adrift vicinity 12-14.48S 037-40.03W
  38. HYDROLANT 1115/092009-06-17 → 2009-08-01
    Last known position 00-33.3S 042-13.2W
    M/V Teno, Blue Hull, Unreported
  39. HYDROLANT 1034/092009-06-04 → 2009-06-09
    Man overboard in 15-42.00S 038-56.83W at 041820Z jun
  40. HYDROLANT 1025/092009-06-04 → 2009-06-06
    M/V urso branco, blue and white hull with white stripe, four persons on board, unreported
  41. HYDROLANT 998/092009-05-31 → 2009-06-03
    S/V blue folie, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 32-01.63S 051-50.99W at 311745Z may
  42. HYDROLANT 908/092009-05-16 → 2009-05-20
    Last known position vicinity recife (08-03S 034-54W)
    S/V Bem of German Unreported
  43. HYDROLANT 839/092009-05-06 → 2009-05-11
    F/V mataco II sank in 51-15S 067-58W
  44. HYDROLANT 818/092009-05-02 → 2009-05-07
    Man overboard in 23-47.68S 045-09.51W at 020445Z may
  45. HYDROLANT 809/092009-05-01 → 2009-05-06
    S/V dalkiri taking on water vicinity 31-09S 025-57W at 011713Z may
  46. HYDROLANT 737/092009-04-20 → 2009-05-02
    Man overboard in 06-02.5S 032-22.0W at 191815Z apr
  47. HYDROLANT 693/092009-04-12 → 2009-04-18
    Man overboard in 23-02S 043-00W at 110710Z apr
  48. HYDROLANT 643/092009-04-03 → 2009-05-11
    F/V atlantida sunk in 40-13.79S 056-44.46W
  49. HYDROLANT 638/092009-04-02 → 2009-04-03
    Three men overboard from F/V atlantida, capsized and adrift in 40-13S 056-44W
  50. HYDROLANT 601/092009-03-27 → 2009-03-28
    40 foot S/V galaxie, blue hull, overdue cape town (33-54S 018-26E) to st helena island (16-00S 005-40W)

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