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 1013/991999-09-27 → 1999-11-12
    Man overboard from M/V yayasan tiga vicinity of trackline between 17-00N 119-35E at 261400Z sep and 18-50N…
  2. HYDROPAC 902/991999-09-08 → 1999-09-17
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 16-26N 109-35E at 081108Z sep
  3. HYDROPAC 719/991999-08-02 → 1999-08-03
    Distress signal received in 13-16N 113-34E at 021442Z aug
  4. HYDROPAC 694/991999-07-27 → 1999-09-10
    Distress signal received from vessel gopali in 08-08.0N 109-30.8E at 240811Z jul
  5. HYDROPAC 693/991999-07-27 → 1999-07-27
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 14-16.3N 114-43.1E at 262040Z jul
  6. HYDROPAC 412/991999-05-14 → 1999-06-18
    Dsc distress signal received vicinity 15-25N 112-30E at 130738Z may
  7. HYDROPAC 354/991999-04-29 → 1999-06-11
    Vessel reported in distress in 15-45N 114-45E at 290741Z apr
  8. HYDROPAC 976/981998-12-15 → 1999-01-23
    Man overboard from M/V gihock in vicinity 10-25.2N 110-37.5E at 150030Z dec
  9. HYDROPAC 906/981998-11-25 → 1999-01-08
    Man overboard from S/V calypso in vicinity 10-04.1N 109-58.9E at 231700Z nov
  10. HYDROPAC 894/981998-11-21 → 1999-01-08
    M/V cheung son overdue from 22-20N 118-49E at 160000Z nov
  11. HYDROPAC 245/961996-03-20 → 1999-03-13
    M/V cheng da, 24 persons on board, reported sunk in 24-34N 119-50E at 190030Z mar

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