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 375/232023-02-02 → 2023-02-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-36.00N 106-11.28E at 021224Z feb
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  2. HYDROPAC 367/232023-02-01 → 2023-02-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-41.58N 106-21.78E at 011132Z feb
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  3. HYDROPAC 340/232023-01-30 → 2023-02-08
    F/V bl 93389 ts, nine persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 06-47.0N…
    South China Sea
  4. HYDROPAC 329/232023-01-30 → 2023-02-17
    F/V py 92396 ts, five persons on board, aground in 10-05.00N 113-50.00E at 292230Z jan
    South China Sea
  5. HYDROPAC 313/232023-01-28 → 2023-02-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 03-06.20N 108-45.30E at 271352Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  6. HYDROPAC 308/232023-01-28 → 2023-01-28
    F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 11-39.00N 109-16.00E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  7. HYDROPAC 290/232023-01-26 → 2023-01-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-19.00N 109-01.20E at 252138Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  8. HYDROPAC 286/232023-01-26 → 2023-02-10
    F/V bth 83165 ts, 13 persons on board, sank in 10-29.00N 107-49.00E at 251200Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  9. HYDROPAC 285/232023-01-26 → 2023-01-26
    F/V bth 83165 ts, 13 persons on board, sank in 10-29.00N 107-49.00E at 251200Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  10. HYDROPAC 280/232023-01-25 → 2023-01-28
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in vicinity 03-13.10N 109-25.20E at 251404Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  11. HYDROPAC 275/232023-01-25 → 2023-01-28
    Derelict liferaft adrift in 17-05.60N 117-42.10E at 250850Z jan
    South China Sea
  12. HYDROPAC 247/232023-01-22 → 2023-02-10
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in vicinity 02-07.30N 106-51.50E at 220335Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  13. HYDROPAC 230/232023-01-19 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received from MV theodoros p in 15-11.00N 118-26.00E at 191920Z jan
    South China Sea · Philippines
  14. HYDROPAC 221/232023-01-18 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signals received at 19 jan in: a. 01-44.10N 105-57.90E
    South China Sea · Singapore
  15. HYDROPAC 214/232023-01-18 → 2023-01-21
    Man overboard from F/V bt 4276 ts in 10-00.02N 106-50.24E at 162200Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  16. HYDROPAC 207/232023-01-17 → 2023-01-17
    Man overboard from vessel in 01-28.80N 104-32.70E
    South China Sea · Indonesia · Malaysia
  17. HYDROPAC 204/232023-01-17 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-28.80N 118-16.60E at 170306Z jan
    South China Sea · China
  18. HYDROPAC 189/232023-01-16 → 2023-01-28
    Fisherman missing from F/V phuc khanh in vicinity 10-56.61N 108-36.64E at 160130Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  19. HYDROPAC 184/232023-01-16 → 2023-01-17
    F/V qna 91559 ts, 13 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 15-49.00N 109-28.00E at 151700Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  20. HYDROPAC 181/232023-01-15 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel thetisia in vicinity 00-40.00N 103-59.50E at 150627Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  21. HYDROPAC 175/232023-01-14 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 05-00.00N 112-30.00E at 142028Z jan
    South China Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 171/232023-01-14 → 2023-01-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 00-44.70N 103-41.60E at 140626Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  23. HYDROPAC 104/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-53.58N 104-06.24E at 081941Z jan
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  24. HYDROPAC 97/232023-01-09 → 2023-01-27
    Distress signal on 406MHZ received from M/V aulac vanguard in 04-56.76N 104-07.92E at 081855Z jan
    South China Sea · Malaysia
  25. HYDROPAC 89/232023-01-08 → 2023-01-08
    Distress signal received from tug sds 48 in 00-52.60S 104-47.70E
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  26. HYDROPAC 62/232023-01-05 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-23.40N 112-00.36E at 051340Z jan
    South China Sea
  27. HYDROPAC 54/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in in 01-46.30N 108-02.80E.AT 042050Z jan
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  28. HYDROPAC 47/232023-01-04 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-15.00N 110-15.00E at 040236Z jan
    South China Sea
  29. HYDROPAC 10/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-20
    F/V qng 90631 ts, eight persons on board, flooding in 12-33.00N 110-41.00E at 011755Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  30. HYDROPAC 9/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-01
    F/V qng 90631 ts, eight persons on board, flooding in 12-37.00N 110-41.00E at 311700Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  31. HYDROPAC 7/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-04
    Derelict F/V, blue hull, capsized and adrift in 07-54.90N 107-57.90E at 010121Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  32. HYDROPAC 6/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-01
    Derelict F/V, blue hull, capsized and adrift in 07-54.90N 107-57.90E at 010121Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  33. HYDROPAC 4/232023-01-01 → 2023-01-03
    F/V qb 98592 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 17-09.00N…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  34. HYDROPAC 3738/222022-12-30 → 2023-01-03
    F/V qng 95047 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 15-57.00N 113-40.00E at 30300Z dec
    South China Sea
  35. HYDROPAC 3732/222022-12-29 → 2023-01-20
    F/V qb 98243 ts, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 17-12.00N 108-22.00E…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  36. HYDROPAC 3731/222022-12-29 → 2023-01-20
    Distress signal received from F/V kh 99919 ts, 12 persons on board, in vicinity 11-02.35N 109-42.11E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  37. HYDROPAC 3730/222022-12-29 → 2022-12-29
    Vessel lider express, 19 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in vicinity 04-03.30N…
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  38. HYDROPAC 3683/222022-12-24 → 2022-12-25
    F/V qng 90534 ts, 15 persons on board, disabled due to broken rudder in 09-29.00N 108-05.00E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  39. HYDROPAC 3681/222022-12-24 → 2023-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel in 02-10.44N 108-06.90E at 240334Z dec
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  40. HYDROPAC 3662/222022-12-23 → 2023-01-13
    F/V py 99990 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-28.00N 109-39.00E at…
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  41. HYDROPAC 3628/222022-12-20 → 2022-12-20
    F/V na 90361 ts reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 18-43.98N 106-19.11E at 200530Z dec
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  42. HYDROPAC 3602/222022-12-16 → 2023-01-13
    F/V ht 90415 ts sank in 08-47.00N 105-23.00E at 160430Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  43. HYDROPAC 3569/222022-12-13 → 2023-01-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-56.52N 110-17.57E
    South China Sea
  44. HYDROPAC 3556/222022-12-12 → 2022-12-14
    F/V tg 91402TS, six persons on board, sank in 10-17.76N 107-02.90E at 120020Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  45. HYDROPAC 3551/222022-12-11 → 2022-12-12
    F/V bv 97676 ts, four persons on board, sinking in 08-51.00N 107-20.00E at 100300Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  46. HYDROPAC 3532/222022-12-10 → 2022-12-12
    F/V bd 95851 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-46.00N 111-20.00E at…
    South China Sea
  47. HYDROPAC 3506/222022-12-08 → 2022-12-10
    M/V minh hang 882, nine persons on board, disabled and anchored due to engine failure in 19-21.00N…
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  48. HYDROPAC 3500/222022-12-08 → 2022-12-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel minh hang 882 in 19-18.50N 107-23.80E
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  49. HYDROPAC 3496/222022-12-08 → 2022-12-08
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 20-08.00N 107-43.66E at 071300Z dec
    Gulf of Tonkin · Vietnam
  50. HYDROPAC 3487/222022-12-07 → 2022-12-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V stavanger blossom in 06-32.19N 107-25.02E at 070510Z dec
    South China Sea

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