distress

Hello, I am looking for common distress frequencies for my scanner. I would like to program a few in, just to monitor. Does anyone have any knowledge of common frequencies? I tried to do web searches, but the results were mixed. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks.

First time poster with little to no monitoring experience looking for a little help. I am a fiction writer working on a book that involves shortwave radio communication. I have found a number of youtube videos of maritime transmissions, but what I could really use is some typed transcripts to...