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 474/082008-03-12 → 2008-03-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-54.6N 118-54.9E at 120241Z mar
  2. HYDROPAC 450/082008-03-08 → 2008-04-20
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 23-04-38N 119-49-34E
  3. HYDROPAC 358/082008-02-26 → 2008-04-15
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 10-18-57N 110-16-04E at 252249Z feb
  4. HYDROPAC 348/082008-02-25 → 2008-02-25
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 10-02.58N 110-37.12E at 250220Z feb
  5. HYDROPAC 332/082008-02-22 → 2008-04-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-23.7N 109-35.1E at 220150Z feb
  6. HYDROPAC 326/082008-02-21 → 2008-04-05
    Distress signal received vicinity 01-34.8N 107-49.3E at 210932Z feb
  7. HYDROPAC 235/082008-02-07 → 2008-03-22
    Distress signal received from M/V trinidad taking on water in 09-03N 109-18E at 070157Z feb
  8. HYDROPAC 222/082008-02-05 → 2008-02-05
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 14-07.9N 119-23.7E at 050146Z feb
  9. HYDROPAC 153/082008-01-26 → 2008-01-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-34.2N 112-45.8E at 260213Z jan
  10. HYDROPAC 91/082008-01-17 → 2008-03-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V maritime mobile in 11-27.5N 114-50.2E at 170401Z jan
  11. HYDROPAC 85/082008-01-16 → 2008-03-01
    7 sunk in 20-46.2N 120-53.9E at 151930Z jan
    M/V Ho Feng No
  12. HYDROPAC 76/082008-01-15 → 2008-03-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 03-38.5N 110-14.7E at 050759Z jan
  13. HYDROPAC 67/082008-01-14 → 2008-01-14
    Distress signal received on 2187.5 khz from M/V gaya tapis in 01-57N 107-05E on 14 jan
  14. HYDROPAC 24/082008-01-07 → 2008-02-23
    Man overboard from M/V coppersmith in 06-47.3N 107-59.7E at 070040Z jan
  15. HYDROPAC 4/082008-01-02 → 2008-02-16
    F/V, 11 persons on board, unreported
  16. HYDROPAC 1/082008-01-01 → 2008-02-16
    Distress signal received from M/V atalanta I in 07-29N 108-17E
  17. HYDROPAC 2251/072007-12-24 → 2008-02-10
    M/V khalijia 3 adrift and reports two crewmen injured in 14-31.0N 116-29.4E
  18. HYDROPAC 2235/072007-12-21 → 2008-02-03
    F/V capsized and adrift in 06-59.6N 107-56.1E at 201300Z dec
  19. HYDROPAC 2220/072007-12-17 → 2007-12-24
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in 00-55.3N 108-09.9E
  20. HYDROPAC 2204/072007-12-14 → 2007-12-21
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in 07-55.3N 108-09.9E
  21. HYDROPAC 2161/072007-12-07 → 2007-12-14
    Derelict 15 meter F/V capsized and adrift in 13-17.3N 110-06.3E
  22. HYDROPAC 2119/072007-11-29 → 2008-02-03
    Distress signal received from vessel bistari baiduri in 01-33.3N 107-13.4E at 290745Z nov
  23. HYDROPAC 2105/072007-11-28 → 2008-02-03
    Man overboard from M/V power loong vicinity 17-40.7N 119-13.5E at 270710Z nov
  24. HYDROPAC 2043/072007-11-20 → 2008-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-37.3N 110-25.5E
  25. HYDROPAC 2037/072007-11-20 → 2007-11-20
    Distress signal received from M/V ever winner in 10-53N 109-19E at 200745Z nov
  26. HYDROPAC 2000/072007-11-15 → 2008-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V white orchid in 04-55.1N 106-17.1E at 150510Z nov
  27. HYDROPAC 1978/072007-11-10 → 2008-02-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 19-06.1N 107-32.3E
  28. HYDROPAC 1951/072007-11-06 → 2007-11-13
    Derelict vessel capsized, green hull, partially submerged and adrift in 01-51.7N 105-46.4E
  29. HYDROPAC 1871/072007-10-29 → 2007-11-05
    Derelict vessel, green hull, capsized and adrift in 04-29.05N 104-29.51E
  30. HYDROPAC 1849/072007-10-27 → 2007-12-21
    Distress signal received vicinity 05-30N 105-40E at 270427Z oct
  31. HYDROPAC 1820/072007-10-23 → 2007-12-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 02-11.9N 106-17.4E at 222259Z oct
  32. HYDROPAC 1703/072007-10-03 → 2007-10-04
    41 meter barge capsized and adrift in 08-47.3N 107-55.8E at 022330Z oct
  33. HYDROPAC 1690/072007-10-01 → 2007-12-02
    Distress signal received from M/V yi long no 22 vicinity 06-09N 107-42E at 010702Z oct
  34. HYDROPAC 1656/072007-09-26 → 2007-12-02
    Distress signal received vicinity 00-43.6N 107-04.6E at 261503Z sep
  35. HYDROPAC 1571/072007-09-11 → 2007-12-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 21-10-08N 109-44-16E
  36. HYDROPAC 1546/072007-09-07 → 2007-10-21
    Distress signal received from M/V saphire in 01-59S 106-49E
  37. HYDROPAC 1522/072007-08-31 → 2007-10-21
    Two persons missing from vessel involved in collision vicinity 06-01.60N 103-44.93E at 301045Z aug
  38. HYDROPAC 1436/072007-08-16 → 2007-10-21
    Two singapore barges overdue: a. 91 meters, eide barge 43, blue hull
  39. HYDROPAC 1392/072007-08-09 → 2007-10-21
    Two 300 foot singapore barges, black hull, overdue shanghai china (31-14N 121-30E) to singapore (01-16N…
  40. HYDROPAC 1385/072007-08-08 → 2007-10-21
    M/V pailing maritime sunk in 10-06.0N 112-09.0E at 071735Z aug
  41. HYDROPAC 1374/072007-08-07 → 2007-08-08
    Vessel sinking and crew abandoning ship in 10-06N 112-09E at 071735Z aug
  42. HYDROPAC 1124/072007-06-28 → 2007-08-13
    Distress signal received vicinity 00-00.4N 103-43.2E at 271847Z jun
  43. HYDROPAC 1040/072007-06-13 → 2007-08-04
    Distress signal received vicinity 09-50N 108-01E at 130340Z jun
  44. HYDROPAC 921/072007-05-23 → 2007-05-23
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 11-53.4N 118-39.5E at 230103Z may
  45. HYDROPAC 841/072007-05-09 → 2007-05-09
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 10-20.4N 108-24.4E at 090246Z may
  46. HYDROPAC 838/072007-05-09 → 2007-05-09
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 17-21.9N 116-10.5E at 082237Z may
  47. HYDROPAC 516/072007-03-21 → 2007-05-26
    M/V unicorn ace sunk in 17-47.5N 119-08.0E at 201326Z mar
  48. HYDROPAC 398/072007-03-04 → 2007-04-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 15-39.9N 113-14.8E at 041309Z mar
  49. HYDROPAC 233/072007-02-06 → 2007-02-06
    Distress signal received vicinity 04-34N 106-08E at 051624Z feb
  50. HYDROPAC 224/072007-02-04 → 2007-03-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V setia jagh in 00-47.3N 104-24.4E at 041337Z feb

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