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

Archive · 1,590 cancelled

  1. HYDROLANT 1659/991999-08-09 → 1999-08-11
    F/V fishing fliper, six persons on board, adrift between 11-10S 037-10W and 11-28S 037-20W
  2. HYDROLANT 1658/991999-08-09 → 1999-09-24
    Distress signals received from vessel on: a. 406 mhz vicinity 11-10-56S 000-33-55W and 11-24-51S 003-56-49W
  3. HYDROLANT 1594/991999-08-02 → 1999-08-03
    Crewman on board M/V freeport minor with serious burns requires medical assistance in 27-37S 030-50W
  4. HYDROLANT 1587/991999-08-01 → 1999-08-03
    Man overboard vicinity 25-22.5S 047-24.0W at 300600Z jul
  5. HYDROLANT 1585/991999-08-01 → 1999-08-02
    Crewman with serious burns requiring medical assistance on board M/V freeport minor in 27-35S 031-04W
  6. HYDROLANT 1516/991999-07-22 → 1999-07-24
    Man overboard vicinity ilhas cagarras 23-02S 043-12W
  7. HYDROLANT 1467/991999-07-15 → 1999-08-03
    Distress signal received from M/V card to fallow in 02-28.4S 042-40.4W
  8. HYDROLANT 1431/991999-07-11 → 1999-07-16
    Distress signal received from M/V golden shadow in 01-46S 042-27W
  9. HYDROLANT 1417/991999-07-10 → 1999-07-15
    Distress signal received from M/V card to fallow in 02-49.8S 041-35.8W
  10. HYDROLANT 1394/991999-07-06 → 1999-08-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V angelfish vicinity 07-19-27S 012-33-21E
  11. HYDROLANT 1380/991999-07-04 → 1999-07-10
    Distress signal received from M/V card to fallow in 02-46.5S 041-31.0W at 032343Z jul
  12. HYDROLANT 1356/991999-07-01 → 1999-07-04
    Distress signal received from M/V norsul amazonas vicinity 29-05S 048-12W at 290122Z jun
  13. HYDROLANT 1248/991999-06-15 → 1999-06-17
    F/V san antonio II unreported since 132157Z jun
  14. HYDROLANT 1201/991999-06-10 → 1999-06-14
    Man overboard vicinity 19-55.0S 039-55.3W at 090700Z jun
  15. HYDROLANT 1199/991999-06-10 → 1999-06-12
    Man overboard vicinity 21-26.45S 040-40.40W at 090730Z jun
  16. HYDROLANT 1193/991999-06-09 → 1999-07-30
    Distress signal received from M/V carpe diem vicinity 29-17S 010-50E at 081822Z jun
  17. HYDROLANT 1179/991999-06-07 → 1999-06-11
    M/V alimar VII, ten persons on board, adrift in 51-00S 038-09W
  18. HYDROLANT 1166/991999-06-07 → 1999-06-11
    Man overboard between 03-34S 035-20W and 03-49S 035-18W at 061643Z jun
  19. HYDROLANT 1130/991999-06-02 → 1999-06-05
    F/V alexia, four persons on board, adrift and sinking vicinity 20-00S 040-00W
  20. HYDROLANT 1045/991999-05-22 → 1999-05-24
    Man overboard from M/V wah shan along trackline between 26-07S 002-39W at 220200Z may and 26-25S 002-01W at…
  21. HYDROLANT 992/991999-05-17 → 1999-05-20
    Three persons missing from wrecked F/V barcelona vicinity 12-48S 038-10W
  22. HYDROLANT 980/991999-05-15 → 1999-05-19
    F/V jimmy cliff sunk in vicinity 17-30S 039-00W
  23. HYDROLANT 978/991999-05-15 → 1999-07-02
    Possible distress signal received on inmarsat-c from M/V andreas vicinity 55-56S 004-37E on 15 may
  24. HYDROLANT 778/991999-04-20 → 1999-04-25
    F/V jean carlos, green and white hull, six persons on board and F/V irmaos santos, yellow and green hull,…
  25. HYDROLANT 766/991999-04-18 → 1999-04-20
    EPIRB alert signal detected from S/V magnum bonum, two persons onboard, vicinity 32-38.03S 052-02.03W
  26. HYDROLANT 718/991999-04-14 → 1999-04-30
    13 meter F/V bom jesus, blue hull, six persons on board, reporting engine problems vicinity of macau (05-04S…
  27. HYDROLANT 705/991999-04-10 → 1999-04-14
    Distress signal received in vicinity 22-12.0S 040-43.0W
  28. HYDROLANT 573/991999-03-23 → 1999-03-25
    Distress signal received from F/V viking vicinity 18-06S 038-17W at 231430Z mar
  29. HYDROLANT 564/991999-03-23 → 1999-03-24
    Distress signal received in 13-31.5S 012-44.4W at 230500Z mar
  30. HYDROLANT 356/991999-02-19 → 1999-02-26
    M/V nika taking on water in vicinity 24-52S 042-04W at 172130Z feb
  31. HYDROLANT 340/991999-02-15 → 1999-02-19
    M/V nika taking on water in vicinity 27-07.8S 029-20.6W at 150033Z feb
  32. HYDROLANT 338/991999-02-14 → 1999-02-15
    Distress signal received, flooding reported in vicinity 27-37S 026-29W at 132220Z feb
  33. HYDROLANT 262/991999-02-04 → 1999-02-12
    10 meter yacht cosa nostra, white hull, overdue from buenos aires to rio de janeiro
  34. HYDROLANT 207/991999-01-31 → 1999-02-01
    M/V lola, two persons on board, adrift in 13-19.0S 038-39.0W at 301930Z jan
  35. HYDROLANT 129/991999-01-21 → 1999-01-29
    Distress signal detected in 00-15.3S 041-26.3W at 201547Z jan
  36. HYDROLANT 121/991999-01-20 → 1999-01-22
    F/V kalatxori requires medical assistance for crewman with fractured leg in 07-14.5S 032-55.5W at 202200Z jan
  37. HYDROLANT 114/991999-01-20 → 1999-01-21
    Distress signal detected in 30-00S 030-00W at 190854Z jan
  38. HYDROLANT 109/991999-01-19 → 1999-03-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V rio del oro in vicinity 28-18.6S 006-44.6W at 181832Z jan
  39. HYDROLANT 93/991999-01-15 → 1999-01-19
    Distress signal received on 412.8 khz in vicinity 30-00S 030-00W at 141727Z jan
  40. HYDROLANT 1145/971997-08-04 → 1999-03-13
    M/V oupa frank, call sign V5OF in 24-11.8S 013-52.2E reports injured seaman requiring medical attention

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