Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the Bay of Bengal

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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Archive · 357 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 2321/212021-08-13 → 2021-08-27
    Man overboard from F/V udhayam in 10-36.10N 080-48.42E at 122230Z aug
    Bay of Bengal · India
  2. HYDROPAC 2172/212021-07-28 → 2021-08-13
    F/V capsized and adrift in vicinity 06-02.7N 089-20.1E at 240305Z jul
    Bay of Bengal
  3. HYDROPAC 2135/212021-07-24 → 2021-07-27
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in vicinity 06-02.7N 089-20.1E at 240135Z jul
    Bay of Bengal
  4. HYDROPAC 2100/212021-07-20 → 2021-08-06
    Man overboard from F/V maa annapurna in vicinity 20-43N 087-54E at 191600Z jul
    Bay of Bengal · India
  5. HYDROPAC 2064/212021-07-17 → 2021-08-06
    19 foot F/V, two persons on board, overdue
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  6. HYDROPAC 2063/212021-07-17 → 2021-07-17
    19 foot F/V, two persons on board, overdue
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  7. HYDROPAC 2019/212021-07-12 → 2021-07-30
    Six meter F/V, two persons on board, overdue
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  8. HYDROPAC 2016/212021-07-12 → 2021-07-15
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in 11-00N 085-20E at 101000Z jul
    Bay of Bengal
  9. HYDROPAC 1957/212021-07-05 → 2021-07-23
    Man overboard from vessel in 12-59N 080-59E at 042030Z jul
    Bay of Bengal · India
  10. HYDROPAC 1904/212021-06-27 → 2021-07-16
    19 foot F/V OFRP-A-1456 kmn, two persons on board, overdue
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  11. HYDROPAC 1865/212021-06-24 → 2021-06-26
    M/V msc messina suffered an engine room fire in 05-53N 089-19E at 241921Z jun
    Bay of Bengal
  12. HYDROPAC 1856/212021-06-24 → 2021-07-09
    Distress signal received from eight meter F/V manikanna, black and white hull, three persons on board, in…
    Bay of Bengal · Nicobar Islands
  13. HYDROPAC 897/212021-03-22 → 2021-04-02
    Man overboard from vessel mt mars in 16-08.1N 089-30.11E at 210300Z mar
    Bay of Bengal
  14. HYDROPAC 895/212021-03-21 → 2021-04-09
    Man overboard from M/V mars in 16-08.10N 089-30.11E at 210830Z mar
    Bay of Bengal
  15. HYDROPAC 541/212021-02-16 → 2021-03-05
    F/V madhana sea foods, five persons on board, taking on water in 11-28N 083-25E on 16 feb
    Bay of Bengal
  16. HYDROPAC 281/212021-01-21 → 2021-02-05
    Man overboard from F/V in 11-05N 086-40E at 210430Z jan
    Bay of Bengal
  17. HYDROPAC 269/212021-01-20 → 2021-01-23
    Derelict liferaft adrift in vicinity 06-19.5N 092-37.0E at 200140Z jan
    Bay of Bengal · Nicobar Islands
  18. HYDROPAC 3785/202020-12-21 → 2021-01-08
    Distress signal received from vessel in 13-45N 085-30E at 211655Z dec
    Bay of Bengal
  19. HYDROPAC 2751/202020-09-21 → 2020-10-09
    Distress signal received in vicinity 13-52.8N 089-20.6E at 211221Z sep
    Bay of Bengal
  20. HYDROPAC 2702/202020-09-17 → 2020-10-02
    Distress signal received in vicinity 09-28.47N 088-46.67E at 170348Z sep
    Bay of Bengal
  21. HYDROPAC 2619/202020-09-08 → 2020-09-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V crimson in vicinity 08-54N 081-42E at 081130Z sep
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  22. HYDROPAC 2497/202020-08-26 → 2020-09-11
    F/V samanalee, blue and yellow hull, two persons on board, overdue in vicinity of sri lanka (06-00N 083-00E)…
    North Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  23. HYDROPAC 2388/202020-08-14 → 2020-08-28
    F/V, four persons on board, overdue
    Bay of Bengal · India
  24. HYDROPAC 2349/202020-08-08 → 2020-08-28
    Vessel vikas sai, ten persons on board, overdue
    Bay of Bengal · India
  25. HYDROPAC 855/202020-03-14 → 2020-04-03
    Man overboard from M/V vishva vijay in 17-32.3N 084-42.9E at 140045Z mar
    Bay of Bengal · India
  26. HYDROPAC 640/202020-02-22 → 2020-03-13
    F/V, eight persons on board, orange hull, overdue
    Bay of Bengal · India
  27. HYDROPAC 636/202020-02-22 → 2020-03-13
    Two meter vessel, one person on board, adrift in vicinity 09-09N 092-42E on 21 feb
    Bay of Bengal · Nicobar Islands
  28. HYDROPAC 293/202020-01-26 → 2020-02-14
    Two persons overboard from capsized and adrift M/V maria, in vicinity 17-29N 085-23E at 251900Z jan
    Bay of Bengal · India
  29. HYDROPAC 4122/192019-12-13 → 2019-12-27
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 06-00N 081-00E.VESSELS in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout,…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  30. HYDROPAC 3373/192019-10-14 → 2019-10-14
    F/V, unreported
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  31. HYDROPAC 2904/192019-09-05 → 2019-09-20
    Vessel, eight persons on board, requesting assistance in 10-15N 079-25E at 031200Z sep
    Palk Strait · India
  32. HYDROPAC 1950/192019-06-15 → 2019-06-21
    Vessel venkatapathi, seven persons on board, capsized and adrift in 15-47.87N 082-16.92E
    Bay of Bengal · India
  33. HYDROPAC 1474/192019-05-02 → 2019-05-17
    Distress signal received from F/V supun PUTHA2 in 13-10N 085-21E at 302130Z apr
    Bay of Bengal
  34. HYDROPAC 1231/192019-04-12 → 2019-04-12
    F/V sandeepani, red and green hull, five persons on board, adrift in vicinity 10-08N 086-50E at 110900Z apr
    Bay of Bengal
  35. HYDROPAC 407/192019-02-04 → 2019-02-22
    Man overboard from M/V sajith net 1 in vicinity 06-38.7N 082-48.5E
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  36. HYDROPAC 4295/182018-12-02 → 2018-12-03
    Capsized F/V in 06-00N 084-44E at 292230Z nov 18
    Northern Indian Ocean · Bay of Bengal
  37. HYDROPAC 3996/182018-11-05 → 2018-11-23
    F/V laksiri 04, white and green hull, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 13-20N 084-05E at…
    Bay of Bengal
  38. HYDROPAC 3757/182018-10-15 → 2018-11-02
    34.5 feet F/V danuja puthareg, white hull, five persons on board, unreported
    By of Bengal
  39. HYDROPAC 3000/182018-08-16 → 2018-08-31
    40 foot F/V prasanth, maroon and orange hull, seven persons on board, unreported
    Bay of Bengal · India
  40. HYDROPAC 2938/182018-08-12 → 2018-08-14
    48 foot F/V sara 02, white and blue hull, reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 10-44N 084-00E at…
    Bay of Bengal
  41. HYDROPAC 2202/182018-06-14 → 2018-06-15
    Vessel kolkata, numerous persons on board, suffered an explosion in vicinity 21-16N 088-19E at 132300Z jun
    Bay of Bengal · India
  42. HYDROPAC 2092/182018-06-03 → 2018-06-19
    F/V, red, white and blue hull, three persons on board, overdue arugam bay (06-51N 081-50E) on 02 jun
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  43. HYDROPAC 1655/182018-04-27 → 2018-05-11
    Distress signal received from M/V agneta in 06-11N 092-05E at 260434Z apr
    Bay of Bengal
  44. HYDROPAC 3296/172017-09-26 → 2017-10-13
    F/V samith 08 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 16-58N 088-44E at 261000Z sep
    Bay of Bengal
  45. HYDROPAC 2481/172017-07-20 → 2017-07-21
    Crew of M/V itt panther abandoned ship in liferafts in vicinity 15-08N 092-15E at 200055Z jul
    Bay of Bengal
  46. HYDROPAC 2477/172017-07-19 → 2017-07-22
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift in 06-12.82N 082-25.67E at 190520Z jul
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  47. HYDROPAC 2384/172017-07-10 → 2017-07-27
    36 foot F/V dinara, yellow hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 06-00N…
    Bay of Bengal · Sri Lanka
  48. HYDROPAC 2047/172017-06-11 → 2017-06-16
    Man overboard from M/V bremen trader in vicinity of trackline between 05-52.4N 084-26.9E and 05-57.2N…
    Northern Indian Ocean · Bay of Bengal
  49. HYDROPAC 1974/172017-06-05 → 2017-06-21
    40 foot F/V VIJAYA-02, blue and green hull, six persons on board, overdue from oluvil (07-17N 081-52E)
    Bay of Beingal · Sri Lanka
  50. HYDROPAC 1884/172017-05-29 → 2017-05-30
    Vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout, assist if possible
    Bay of Bengal

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