Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the South China Sea

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 China Sea

Archive · 3,861 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 3746/232023-11-27 → 2023-12-15
    F/V bth 84406 ts, four persons on board, sank in 10-33.25N 107-47.00E 262100Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  2. HYDROPAC 3745/232023-11-27 → 2023-11-27
    F/V bd 98833 ts, 14 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 11-18.00N 111-14.00E at 270015Z nov
    South China Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 3725/232023-11-24 → 2023-11-25
    F/V kh 91379 ts, 11 persons on board, unreported
    South China Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 3722/232023-11-24 → 2023-12-15
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 02-59.50N 105-38.80E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  5. HYDROPAC 3712/232023-11-24 → 2023-12-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in vicinity 03-00.50N 105-42.00E at 240422Z nov
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  6. HYDROPAC 3703/232023-11-23 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from vessel delnavaz in vicinity 02-11.00N 104-52.00E at 231121Z nov
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  7. HYDROPAC 3702/232023-11-23 → 2023-11-24
    F/V qt 95069 ts, six persons on board, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 17-51.00N 107-22.00E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  8. HYDROPAC 3694/232023-11-23 → 2023-12-08
    F/V, one person on board, unreported
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 3690/232023-11-22 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 03-36.60N 107-57.00E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  10. HYDROPAC 3680/232023-11-22 → 2023-11-24
    Vessel F/V bth 98866 ts, three persons on board, sank in 10-25.00N 107-38.60E at 211730Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  11. HYDROLANT 2675/232023-11-21 → 2023-11-22
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 03-36.6 n 107-57.0 e. vessels in vicinity requested to keep…
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  12. HYDROPAC 3670/232023-11-21 → 2023-11-21
    F/V bd 97586 ts, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 09-05.00N 110-10.00E at…
    South China Sea
  13. HYDROPAC 3668/232023-11-20 → 2023-12-08
    F/V qng 90251 ts, 39 persons onboard disabled and adrift, flooding in 13-28.00N 112-24.00E at 202000Z nov
    South China Sea
  14. HYDROPAC 3665/232023-11-20 → 2023-11-20
    F/V qng 90251 ts, 41 persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 13-30.00N 112-16.00E at 201100Z nov
    South China Sea
  15. HYDROPAC 3649/232023-11-19 → 2023-11-20
    F/V bd 98268 ts, 14 persons on board, sank in 10-53.00N 110-32.00E at 191900Z nov
    South China Sea
  16. HYDROPAC 3631/232023-11-18 → 2023-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V si hang yun 2 in 24-46.50N 119-32.50E at 180115Z nov
    Taiwan Strait · China
  17. HYDROPAC 3627/232023-11-17 → 2023-11-19
    F/V tg 3443 ts sunk and crew abandoned ship, two persons on board, one person remains missing in 10-16.00N…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  18. HYDROPAC 3604/232023-11-15 → 2023-12-01
    Man overboard from F/V bth 96967 ts in 09-16.75N 106-33.90E at 131520Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROPAC 3586/232023-11-14 → 2023-11-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V pis pioneer in 13-31.00N 119-48.40E
    South China Sea · Philippines
  20. HYDROPAC 3567/232023-11-13 → 2023-11-13
    Vessel, two persons on board, adrift in vicinity 16-27.50N 107-58.70E at 122100Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  21. HYDROPAC 3563/232023-11-12 → 2023-12-01
    One person missing from F/V qng 98551 ts, ten persons on board, in 19-50.00N 107-26.00E at 112230Z nov
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  22. HYDROPAC 3551/232023-11-11 → 2023-12-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-15.00N 112-45.00E
    South China Sea
  23. HYDROPAC 3546/232023-11-10 → 2023-11-24
    Distress signal received in 05-23.05N 114-34.01E
    South China Sea · Brunei
  24. HYDROPAC 3492/232023-11-05 → 2023-11-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V sea smile in 14-42.70N 112-43.30E
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 3484/232023-11-04 → 2023-11-07
    Derelict ten meter vessel, red hull, capsized and adrift in 18-20.72N 118-19.54E at 030806Z nov
    South China Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 3483/232023-11-04 → 2023-11-06
    Man overboard from F/V qng 94220 ts in 16-10.00N 109-09.00E at 040248Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  27. HYDROPAC 3482/232023-11-04 → 2023-11-06
    Man overboard from F/V qng 94220 ts in 16-04.33N 109-07.53E at 032100Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  28. HYDROPAC 3466/232023-11-03 → 2023-11-17
    Man overboard from vessel M/V kota ratna in 10-55.50N 108-48.50E at 030417Z nov
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  29. HYDROPAC 3442/232023-11-01 → 2023-11-01
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz in: a. 18-45.10N 119-17.00E
    South China Sea · Philippines
  30. HYDROPAC 3429/232023-10-30 → 2023-11-17
    One person missing from F/V qng 90459 ts in 13-09.00N 113-30.00E at 271700Z oct
    South China Sea
  31. HYDROPAC 3411/232023-10-28 → 2023-10-28
    F/V na 96186 ts, 08 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to broken shaft in vicinity 18-30.00N…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  32. HYDROPAC 3394/232023-10-26 → 2023-11-10
    Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 00-57.90N 104-42.40E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  33. HYDROPAC 3358/232023-10-23 → 2023-11-10
    Distress signal received from vessel in 08-50.00N 114-25.00E at 230300Z oct
    South China Sea
  34. HYDROPAC 3350/232023-10-22 → 2023-10-23
    Man overboard from F/V bth 96736 ts in 09-54.00N 107-45.00E at 011400Z sep
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  35. HYDROPAC 3349/232023-10-22 → 2023-10-23
    F/V na 95052 ts, two persons on board, flooding and in danger of sinking in 16-18.00N 110-02.00E at 220700Z…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  36. HYDROPAC 3337/232023-10-20 → 2023-11-03
    Distress signal received from aircraft in 13-57.05N 112-58.59E at 201212Z oct
    South China Sea
  37. HYDROPAC 3315/232023-10-18 → 2023-11-03
    F/V bd 97633TS, four persons on board, sank in 14-27.00N 109-53.00E at 162100Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  38. HYDROPAC 3303/232023-10-17 → 2023-10-19
    Man overboard from F/V bth 83632TS in 10-36.80N 107-54.90E at 160030Z oct
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  39. HYDROPAC 3301/232023-10-17 → 2023-11-03
    F/V qna 90129TS, 54 persons on board, sank in 13-37.00N 114-33.00E on 17 oct
    South China Sea
  40. HYDROPAC 3300/232023-10-17 → 2023-11-03
    F/V qna 90927TS, 38 persons on board, sank in 13-33.00N 113-30.00E at 161800Z oct
    South China Sea
  41. HYDROPAC 3266/232023-10-13 → 2023-10-13
    F/V th 90929 ts, 12 persons on board, sunk in vicinity 16-09.00N 108-20.00E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  42. HYDROPAC 3230/232023-10-10 → 2023-10-10
    Distress signal received from vessel in 11-47.50N 113-06.20E
    South China Sea
  43. HYDROPAC 3226/232023-10-09 → 2023-10-27
    Vessel on fire in vicinity 05-39.70N 104-54.00E
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  44. HYDROPAC 3203/232023-10-07 → 2023-10-27
    One person missing from F/V kh 95237 ts in 08-50.00N 109-35.00E at 040200Z oct
    South China Sea
  45. HYDROPAC 3166/232023-10-05 → 2023-10-08
    20 meter F/V, capsized and adrift in vicinity 16-14.00N 116-42.00E at 050020Z oct
    South China Sea
  46. HYDROPAC 3162/232023-10-05 → 2023-10-20
    F/V py 92629 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-37.00N 115-26.00E at…
    South China Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 3161/232023-10-04 → 2023-10-06
    F/V na 94689 ts, 20 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 18-45.00N 107-04.00E at…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  48. HYDROPAC 3145/232023-10-03 → 2023-10-05
    F/V py 92629 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-48.00N 115-28.00E
    South China Sea
  49. HYDROPAC 3129/232023-10-01 → 2023-10-20
    Distress signal received in 08-28.98N 114-00.84E at 011531Z oct
    South China Sea
  50. HYDROPAC 3082/232023-09-27 → 2023-10-13
    Man overboard from F/V bth 96736 ts in 09-54.00N 107-45.00E
    South China Sea · Vietnam

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