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 3033/192019-10-05 → 2019-10-14
    Man overboard from vessel in 23-09.1S 044-20.0W on 04 oct
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  2. HYDROLANT 3023/192019-10-04 → 2019-10-08
    Man overboard from vessel in 32-57.4S 034-54.8W on 04 oct
    Western South Atlantic
  3. HYDROLANT 2998/192019-10-02 → 2019-10-02
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-17S 043-29W on 01 oct
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  4. HYDROLANT 2987/192019-10-01 → 2019-10-01
    Distress signal received in vicinity 55-42S 032-36W
    Scotia Sea
  5. HYDROLANT 2860/192019-09-18 → 2019-10-02
    Man overboard from vessel in 03-25.5S 038-27.5W on 17 sep
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  6. HYDROLANT 2800/192019-09-13 → 2019-09-14
    M/V austral, two persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  7. HYDROLANT 2787/192019-09-13 → 2019-09-13
    Vessel vida mar, two persons onboard, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  8. HYDROLANT 2786/192019-09-13 → 2019-09-16
    Man overboard from vessel in 26-36.90S 032-59.15W on 11 sep
    Western South Atlantic
  9. HYDROLANT 2785/192019-09-12 → 2019-09-13
    Distress signal received from M/V danny z in 15-16.4S 011-45.1E
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  10. HYDROLANT 2742/192019-09-09 → 2019-09-10
    F/V monte de siao I, six persons on board, adrift in 16-50.20S 037-38.50W on 09 sep
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  11. HYDROLANT 2700/192019-09-04 → 2019-09-05
    Three fishermen missing from vessel in vicinity 21-41.90S 041-00.21W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  12. HYDROLANT 2684/192019-09-02 → 2019-09-07
    Vessel bernardo sank in vicinity ilha cagarras (23-01.8S 043-11.4W)
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  13. HYDROLANT 2672/192019-09-01 → 2019-09-15
    Person missing from M/V alpha bravery
    Western South Atlantic
  14. HYDROLANT 2521/192019-08-19 → 2019-08-20
    Vessel bp hulk, four persons on board, taking on water in 01-51S 043-59W on 18 aug
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  15. HYDROLANT 2474/192019-08-14 → 2019-08-30
    Vessel, two persons on board, disabled in 22-50.14S 041-57.10W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  16. HYDROLANT 2473/192019-08-14 → 2019-08-16
    Man overboard from vessel in 22-59.78S 042-01.02W on 12 aug
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  17. HYDROLANT 2390/192019-08-05 → 2019-08-06
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 01-45.20S 048-20.80W at 04 aug 19
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  18. HYDROLANT 2353/192019-07-31 → 2019-08-01
    Vessel caculinha, two persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  19. HYDROLANT 2325/192019-07-30 → 2019-07-31
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-19.37S 048-30.37W on 29 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  20. HYDROLANT 2322/192019-07-30 → 2019-07-31
    Man overboard from vessel in 30-00.07S 051-15.90W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil
  21. HYDROLANT 2321/192019-07-30 → 2019-08-16
    Man overboard from vessel in 06-37.0S 034-48.6W
    Western South Atlantic
  22. HYDROLANT 2303/192019-07-28 → 2019-08-15
    Man overboard reported in 05-14.43S 035-20.27W on 27 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  23. HYDROLANT 2246/192019-07-23 → 2019-07-28
    Man overboard from vessel 22-57S 042-30W on 22 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  24. HYDROLANT 2236/192019-07-22 → 2019-07-25
    Man overboard from vessel in 23-22.74S 044-51.55W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  25. HYDROLANT 2227/192019-07-22 → 2019-07-23
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-05.00S 046-03.08W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  26. HYDROLANT 2202/192019-07-19 → 2019-07-19
    Man overboard from M/V achilles in vicinity of trackline joining 31-56.7S 004-29.6E, 31-41.0S 002-42.0E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  27. HYDROLANT 2189/192019-07-19 → 2019-07-20
    F/V el chaday, two persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  28. HYDROLANT 2181/192019-07-18 → 2019-07-19
    One person missing from aground vessel homem de fe in vicinity 22-22.60S 041-45.88W on 18 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  29. HYDROLANT 2173/192019-07-17 → 2019-07-19
    F/V julmar I, two persons on board, disabled and adrift in 20-42.18S 040-24.40W on 17 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  30. HYDROLANT 2163/192019-07-17 → 2019-07-18
    Vessel, two persons on board, last known position in 23-00.87S 043-39.22W at 17 jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  31. HYDROLANT 2159/192019-07-17 → 2019-07-18
    Vessel taking on water in 23-11S 044-40W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  32. HYDROLANT 2073/192019-07-10 → 2019-07-11
    Vessel elegante, four persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  33. HYDROLANT 1983/192019-07-01 → 2019-07-01
    Distress signal received in vicinity 05-41.05S 035-09.83W on 30 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  34. HYDROLANT 1940/192019-06-27 → 2019-06-29
    F/V aderbal, two persons onboard, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil Northeast Coast
  35. HYDROLANT 1912/192019-06-26 → 2019-07-03
    Man overboard in 24-01.87S 046-10.51W on 26 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  36. HYDROLANT 1910/192019-06-26 → 2019-06-27
    F/V aderbal, two persons onboard, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  37. HYDROLANT 1897/192019-06-25 → 2019-06-26
    Distress signal received from r.s.boia in 16-54.55S 036-38.90W on 25 jun
    Western South Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 1887/192019-06-24 → 2019-06-24
    Vessel sinuelo do mar reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 24-29S 046-37W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  39. HYDROLANT 1855/192019-06-20 → 2019-07-04
    Man overboard from vessel in 02-36.83S 039-49.00W at 19 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  40. HYDROLANT 1823/192019-06-18 → 2019-06-22
    Man overboard from vessel in area bound by 05-27.90S 034-01.00W, 05-11.80S 035-17.80W, 04-49.90S 034-58.70W,…
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  41. HYDROLANT 1820/192019-06-18 → 2019-06-18
    Man overboard from vessel in area bound by 05-27.9S 034-01.0W, 05-11.8S 035-17.8W 04-49.9S 034-58.7W,…
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  42. HYDROLANT 1812/192019-06-16 → 2019-06-18
    Man overboard from vessel in area bound by 05-34.8S 034-04.5W, 06-06.6S 034-29.8W, 05-39.8S 034-52.3W,…
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  43. HYDROLANT 1802/192019-06-15 → 2019-06-16
    Man overboard from vessel in 06-21.08S 033-45.02W on 13 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  44. HYDROLANT 1783/192019-06-13 → 2019-06-15
    Distress signal received from M/V navegantes in 06-21.08S 033-45.02W on 13 jun 19
    North Atlantic
  45. HYDROLANT 1730/192019-06-06 → 2019-06-21
    Man overboard from vessel in 20-24.97S 037-46.53W on 04 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  46. HYDROLANT 1567/192019-05-24 → 2019-05-27
    Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity 01-46.1S 040-54.7W at 232122Z may
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  47. HYDROPAC 1703/192019-05-22 → 2019-05-23
    37 meter M/V maui overdue fiji (18-10S 178-27E) to tonga (21-08S 175-12W)
    South Pacific · Fiji To Tonga
  48. HYDROPAC 1590/192019-05-10 → 2019-05-11
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 102218Z may in: a. 00-31.98S 166-57.48E
    Western South Pacific · South Pacific · Nauru
  49. HYDROLANT 1345/192019-05-01 → 2019-05-08
    Man overboard from vessel in 48-14S 057-23W
    Western South Atlantic
  50. HYDROLANT 1288/192019-04-26 → 2019-04-30
    Man overboard from vessel in 22-57.25S 043-56.43W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast

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