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 2119/182018-06-29 → 2018-06-30
    M/V guimar, seven persons on board, taking on water in 23-04S 043-04W on 29 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  2. HYDROLANT 2062/182018-06-24 → 2018-06-29
    Man overboard from vessel in 27-43.80S 048-37.07W on 23 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  3. HYDROLANT 2037/182018-06-23 → 2018-06-24
    Man overboard from F/V rakely in 04-36.8S 037-07.7W on 22 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  4. HYDROLANT 2020/182018-06-22 → 2018-06-23
    Man overboard from F/V rakely in 04-34.5S 037-17.0W on 21 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  5. HYDROLANT 1974/182018-06-19 → 2018-06-20
    Brazil-north coast DNC 01
    Western South Atlantic
  6. HYDROLANT 1939/182018-06-16 → 2018-06-17
    Man overboard from vessel in 25-31.61S 048-28.66W on 15 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  7. HYDROLANT 1909/182018-06-14 → 2018-06-15
    Two persons missing from vessel
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  8. HYDROLANT 1907/182018-06-14 → 2018-06-14
    Two persons missing and believed to be in a liferaft
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  9. HYDROLANT 1897/182018-06-14 → 2018-06-28
    Man overboard from vessel in 20-43.05S 040-24.63W on 13 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  10. HYDROLANT 1860/182018-06-10 → 2018-06-29
    Man overboard from vessel in 04-57.08S 034-58.03W
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  11. HYDROLANT 1806/182018-06-08 → 2018-06-22
    F/V sabrina m wrecked in 26-46.00S 048-33.00W on 07 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  12. HYDROLANT 1802/182018-06-07 → 2018-06-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-06.25S 000-57.32E at 071531Z jun
    Eastern South Atlantic
  13. HYDROLANT 1799/182018-06-07 → 2018-06-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-03.9S 000-54.0E at 071328Z jun
    Eastern South Atlantic
  14. HYDROPAC 2104/182018-06-04 → 2018-06-05
    48 foot S/V sangvind, white hull, seven persons on board, unreported opua (35-19S 174-07E) to tonga (21-08S…
    South Pacific · New Zealand To Tonga
  15. HYDROLANT 1751/182018-06-04 → 2018-06-04
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 22-46.13S 043-06.17W on 03 jun
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  16. HYDROLANT 1691/182018-05-29 → 2018-06-09
    Man overboard from vessel in 23-29.28S 045-03.65W on 28 may
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  17. HYDROLANT 1669/182018-05-26 → 2018-05-30
    Vessel stellar samba, 25 persons on board, on fire
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  18. HYDROLANT 1574/182018-05-19 → 2018-06-08
    Man overboard from M/V seahero in vicinity of trackline between 13-14S 009-54E and 16-43S 010-37E
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  19. HYDROLANT 1537/182018-05-16 → 2018-05-30
    F/V peteleco sank in 23-55.41S 045-27.08W on 15 may
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  20. HYDROLANT 1525/182018-05-15 → 2018-06-01
    F/V ramses dous reports crewman with stroke in 12-12S 004-18W at 151730Z may
    Eastern South Atlantic
  21. HYDROLANT 1358/182018-04-29 → 2018-05-06
    Man overboard from vessel in 00-36.5S 047-22.5W on 29 apr
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-north Coast
  22. HYDROLANT 1159/182018-04-10 → 2018-04-27
    Distress signal received in 24-01S 009-40W
    South Atlantic
  23. HYDROLANT 1154/182018-04-10 → 2018-04-27
    Man overboard from vessel in 23-11.33S 043-33.67W on 08 apr
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  24. HYDROLANT 1008/182018-03-25 → 2018-03-27
    Man overboard from M/V philadelphia in vicinity 37-31.5S 002-43.7E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  25. HYDROLANT 980/182018-03-22 → 2018-04-06
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel mamolino in 07-34.30S 012-06.09E
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  26. HYDROLANT 934/182018-03-19 → 2018-03-23
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 20-36.72S 040-22.71W on 17 mar
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  27. HYDROLANT 781/182018-03-05 → 2018-03-23
    Distress signal received in 07-53.04S 014-26.33W on 04 mar
    South Atlantic · St · Helena
  28. HYDROLANT 765/182018-03-03 → 2018-03-04
    F/V, two persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  29. HYDROLANT 755/182018-03-03 → 2018-03-09
    Search and rescue operations: a. by vessels towing equipment in area bound by 45-55S 059-40W, 45-55S…
    Western South Atlantic
  30. HYDROLANT 659/182018-02-26 → 2018-03-16
    Man overboard from vessel in 23-23.05S 044-37.88W on 25 feb
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  31. HYDROLANT 639/182018-02-23 → 2018-03-09
    Distress signal received in 06-20.00S 016-44.62W on 23 feb
    South Atlantic
  32. HYDROLANT 638/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Distress signal received from M/V iron fritz in 06-20.00S 016-44.62W on 23 feb
    South Atlantic
  33. HYDROLANT 633/182018-02-23 → 2018-02-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-06.73S 008-33.77E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  34. HYDROLANT 572/182018-02-16 → 2018-02-18
    16 meter S/V crilu, white hull, two persons on board
    Western South Atlantic
  35. HYDROLANT 564/182018-02-16 → 2018-02-16
    16 meter S/V crilu, white hull, two persons on board
    Western South Atlantic
  36. HYDROLANT 550/182018-02-15 → 2018-02-15
    S/V crilu unreported
    Western South Atlantic
  37. HYDROLANT 240/182018-01-22 → 2018-02-09
    F/V alboniga reports crewman requiring medical evacuation in 03-06S 006-11W at 220720Z jan
    South Atlantic
  38. HYDROLANT 234/182018-01-21 → 2018-01-22
    F/V alboniga reports crewman requiring medical evacuation in 05-39S 006-50W at 211600Z jan
    South Atlantic
  39. HYDROLANT 193/182018-01-16 → 2018-02-02
    M/V pan energen reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 35-39.1S 007-26.4E
    Eastern South Atlantic
  40. HYDROLANT 81/182018-01-08 → 2018-01-26
    Man overboard from F/V sh in yeou number 16 in vicinity 03-52S 020-10W on 07 jan
    South Atlantic
  41. HYDROLANT 69/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-08
    F/V isamar V, four persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  42. HYDROLANT 51/182018-01-05 → 2018-01-05
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 04-58.0S 035-15.4W on 04 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  43. HYDROLANT 4266/172017-12-31 → 2018-01-03
    Man overboard from vessel in 13-16.40S 038-51.81W on 31 dec
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-east Coast
  44. HYDROLANT 4117/172017-12-19 → 2018-01-05
    Man overboard from vessel in 23-00.60S 040-45.17W on 18 dec
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast
  45. HYDROPAC 4449/172017-12-18 → 2017-12-21
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-14.99S 063-56.84W
    Scotia Sea · Argentina
  46. HYDROLANT 4098/172017-12-18 → 2017-12-21
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-14.99S 063-56.84W
    Scotia Sea · Argentina
  47. HYDROPAC 4447/172017-12-17 → 2017-12-18
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-13.73S 064-18.25W
    Scotia Sea · Argentina
  48. HYDROLANT 4093/172017-12-17 → 2017-12-18
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-13.73S 064-18.25W
    Scotia Sea · Argentina
  49. HYDROLANT 4090/172017-12-17 → 2017-12-17
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-34.61S 065-02.96W
    Drake Passage · Argentina
  50. HYDROPAC 4440/172017-12-17 → 2017-12-17
    Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 55-34.61S 065-02.96W
    Drake Passage · Argentina

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