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 1834/002000-12-25 → 2000-12-25
    M/V melati, 18 persons on board, suffered explosion and abandoning ship vicinity 07-56.7N 108-44.4E
  2. HYDROPAC 1786/002000-12-17 → 2000-12-17
    Distress signal recieved on 121.5 mhz in 13-40.9N 115-53.2E at 171215Z dec
  3. HYDROPAC 1756/002000-12-11 → 2001-01-26
    Man overboard from M/V pacific vigorous in 06-31.0N 107-31.5E at 101905Z dec
  4. HYDROPAC 1748/002000-12-07 → 2000-12-07
    Distress signal received from vessel deep sea pioneer vicinity 08-29N 108-40E at 070708Z dec
  5. HYDROPAC 1740/002000-12-01 → 2001-01-19
    Conquistador between 301700Z and 302300Z nov in 08-00.8N 105-06.7E
    Man Overboard From M/V Mt
  6. HYDROPAC 1710/002000-11-24 → 2000-11-24
    Distress signal recieved on 121.5 mhz in 17-41.7N 118-59.2E at 241851Z nov
  7. HYDROPAC 1703/002000-11-23 → 2001-01-05
    40 meter F/V farn shuen 16, blue hull, overdue to kao hsiung
  8. HYDROPAC 1696/002000-11-22 → 2000-11-24
    Distress signal received from vessel gray viceroy vicinity 05-37N 104-09E at 220500Z nov
  9. HYDROPAC 1662/002000-11-13 → 2000-11-14
    Distress signal received vicinity 08-20N 113-03E at 130621Z nov
  10. HYDROPAC 1660/002000-11-13 → 2000-12-29
    Distress signal received in 08-20N 113-03E at 130621Z nov
  11. HYDROPAC 1641/002000-11-09 → 2000-11-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V stanford star in 10-43.3N 111-29.2E at 090446Z nov
  12. HYDROPAC 1624/002000-11-05 → 2000-11-06
    Distress signal received in 10-34N 116-33E at 052118Z nov
  13. HYDROPAC 1608/002000-11-02 → 2000-11-02
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 15-27.5N 116-09.9E at 020125Z nov
  14. HYDROPAC 1602/002000-10-30 → 2000-11-02
    Three meter vessel, four persons on board, capsized and adrift in 16-45N 119-37E at 292305Z oct
  15. HYDROPAC 1597/002000-10-30 → 2000-10-30
    Three meter vessel, four persons on board, capsized and adrift in 16-47N 119-37E
  16. HYDROPAC 1521/002000-10-16 → 2000-10-30
    Five persons from M/V polaris abandoned ship in liferafts in 18-19.5N 110-57.0E
  17. HYDROPAC 1474/002000-10-06 → 2000-11-11
    Distress signal recieved on 406 mhz in 06-53N 105-04E at 060930Z oct
  18. HYDROPAC 1394/002000-09-22 → 2000-11-03
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 21-58N 119-38E at 220500Z sep
  19. HYDROPAC 1326/002000-09-06 → 2000-09-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-38.3N 119-44.2E at 060611Z sep
  20. HYDROPAC 1226/002000-08-17 → 2000-09-23
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-15N 111-40E at 170254Z aug
  21. HYDROPAC 1107/002000-07-27 → 2000-07-27
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 12-08.2N 110-44.6E
  22. HYDROPAC 1069/002000-07-19 → 2000-07-20
    Distress signal received vicinity 10-30.8N 117-26.0E at 192047Z jul
  23. HYDROPAC 901/002000-06-18 → 2000-08-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V kaapboi in 02-04.0N 105-20.5E at 180228Z jun
  24. HYDROPAC 655/002000-05-01 → 2000-05-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-43.7N 112-12.0E at 010420Z may
  25. HYDROPAC 559/002000-04-12 → 2000-05-26
    Vessel kaem tanto dili/yeam sinking in 02-11.5N 106-45.0E at 120400Z apr
  26. HYDROPAC 458/002000-03-17 → 2000-03-18
    Distress signal received in 13-41N 119-43E at 170949Z mar
  27. HYDROPAC 406/002000-03-08 → 2000-04-21
    Helicopter down in 01-16.9N 106-05.3E
  28. HYDROPAC 390/002000-03-07 → 2000-03-07
    Distress message received vicinity 11-32N 111-36E at 062349Z mar
  29. HYDROPAC 354/002000-03-01 → 2000-04-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V cinta trader in 07-22N 108-48E at 010949Z mar
  30. HYDROPAC 344/002000-02-28 → 2000-02-29
    Distress signal received vicinity 09-48N 107-53E at 280639Z feb
  31. HYDROPAC 342/002000-02-28 → 2000-04-14
    Distress signal received vicinity 09-48N 107-53E at 280639Z feb
  32. HYDROPAC 256/002000-02-11 → 2000-02-12
    Distress signal received from malaysian vessel no
  33. HYDROPAC 218/002000-02-03 → 2000-02-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 15-08.7N 117-49.9E at 032237Z
  34. HYDROPAC 208/002000-02-02 → 2000-02-09
    Derelict 38 meter barge intan 6 capsized and 50 containers adrift in 00-59.9S 105-45.1E at 011327Z feb
  35. HYDROPAC 173/002000-01-27 → 2000-01-28
    Distress signal received from vessel yiaw yang taking on water in 15-31N 117-03E at 270950Z jan
  36. HYDROPAC 169/002000-01-27 → 2000-01-27
    Vessel rui da sunk in 11-35.1N 109-47.5E at 270535Z jan
  37. HYDROPAC 167/002000-01-27 → 2000-01-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel taking on water in 11-47.3N 109-54.5E at 270108Z jan
  38. HYDROPAC 164/002000-01-26 → 2000-01-26
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-51.2N 109-56.9E
  39. HYDROPAC 128/002000-01-24 → 2000-03-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V sangthai kao lin in 17-47.8N 110-39.9E at 240149Z jan
  40. HYDROPAC 100/002000-01-19 → 2000-03-03
    Distress signal received on 155.25 mhz from mmsi 306332000 in 01-47N 105-08E at 191011Z jan
  41. HYDROPAC 65/002000-01-13 → 2000-01-17
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 20-41.8N 111-01.7E at 130047Z jan
  42. HYDROPAC 20/002000-01-04 → 2000-02-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 03-09N 106-00E
  43. HYDROPAC 1/002000-01-01 → 2000-01-01
    Undesignated dsc distress alert in 15-12N 119-26E at 311559Z dec
  44. HYDROPAC 1442/991999-12-23 → 2000-02-04
    Distress signal received from M/V changbaishan in 02-05.4N 111-07.5E at 230634Z dec
  45. HYDROPAC 1410/991999-12-16 → 2000-01-28
    Distress signal received on 8 mhz in 08-09N 107-12E at 151942Z dec
  46. HYDROPAC 1397/991999-12-14 → 1999-12-14
    Vessel reported sinking vicinity 18-09N 108-01E
  47. HYDROPAC 1375/991999-12-09 → 2000-01-21
    Distress signal received on 6312 khz in 04-31N 105-35E at 091527Z dec
  48. HYDROPAC 1110/991999-10-19 → 1999-12-03
    F/V chen lung hsing sunk in 20-32N 119-40E
  49. HYDROPAC 1101/991999-10-18 → 1999-12-03
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 01-39N 107-01E at 170957Z oct
  50. HYDROPAC 1027/991999-10-01 → 1999-11-12
    Wooden vessel sunk in 01-22.4N 104-25.6E

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