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

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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 Bay of Bengal

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  1. HYDROPAC 1014/072007-06-10 → 2007-08-04
    Two missing from vessel vicinity 05-48.58N 091-37.28E at 052134Z jun
  2. HYDROPAC 860/072007-05-11 → 2007-07-08
    29 foot F/V jaya lakshi, red hull, six persons on board, unreported
  3. HYDROPAC 350/072007-02-26 → 2007-04-14
    F/V man-vi-yu unreported, 11 persons on board
  4. HYDROPAC 281/072007-02-14 → 2007-04-04
    M/V jilfar reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 05-55N 085-45E at 140930Z feb
  5. HYDROPAC 83/072007-01-14 → 2007-03-07
    Man overboard from M/V nicobar vicinity 12-32.05N 084-21.1E at 141300Z jan
  6. HYDROPAC 2478/062006-12-18 → 2007-02-01
    F/V blue ocean I, ten persons on board, suffered engine failure and adrift in 06-49.0N 086-11.0E at 151200Z…
  7. HYDROPAC 2438/062006-12-13 → 2007-02-01
    Man overboard on 12 dec in area bound by 13-42N 080-27E, 13-42N 082-00E, 13-15N 082-00E, 12-18N 080-16E,…
  8. HYDROPAC 2186/062006-11-13 → 2006-12-27
    S/V devotion overdue bali (25-09N 073-19E) to singapore (01-19N 103-51E)
  9. HYDROPAC 2108/062006-11-04 → 2006-12-13
    44 foot F/V, green and red hull, five persons on board, overdue to chennai (13-00N 080-30E)
  10. HYDROPAC 1955/062006-10-10 → 2006-11-29
    Man overboard from M/V hanjin ras laffan in 05-61N 089-12E on 101200Z oct
  11. HYDROPAC 1865/062006-09-25 → 2006-11-08
    36 foot F/V, red hull, six persons on board, in need of assistance in 11-31N 083-35E at 230515Z sep
  12. HYDROPAC 1562/062006-08-16 → 2006-08-21
    Derelict M/V amar adrift in 06-14.3N 089-51.0E
  13. HYDROPAC 1552/062006-08-15 → 2006-08-21
    M/V amar abandoned and adrift in 05-57.8N 089-25.7E at 150730Z aug
  14. HYDROPAC 1541/062006-08-14 → 2006-08-15
    Man overboard from M/V amar, vicinity 05-51.0N 089-16.6E at 142130Z aug
  15. HYDROPAC 857/062006-05-09 → 2006-05-21
    Derelict M/V tug VI capsized, partially submerged and adrift in 10-07.0N 079-57.7E
  16. HYDROPAC 410/062006-03-12 → 2006-03-13
    Distress signal received from M/V ace 1 in 10-13N 091-31E at 120030Z mar
  17. HYDROPAC 378/062006-03-07 → 2006-05-03
    F/V namal 2, yellow hull with green stripes, five persons on board, disabled and adrift in 10-51N 080-43E at…
  18. HYDROPAC 1737/052005-10-13 → 2005-11-30
    F/V surath III, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 05-55N 084-50E
  19. HYDROPAC 1686/052005-10-07 → 2005-11-23
    F/V tf 101, seven persons on board, adrift and in need of assistance in 09-31.2N 087-48.5E at 062252Z oct
  20. HYDROPAC 1566/052005-09-23 → 2005-11-09
    F/V sanakarnana, F/V dhuda madhaba, and F/V yerripilli kendeya, four persons each, overdue vicinity 19-50N…
  21. HYDROPAC 1528/052005-09-19 → 2005-11-02
    35 foot F/V yellow hull, five persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-00-00N…
  22. HYDROPAC 1527/052005-09-19 → 2005-11-02
    Two 32 foot F/V, yellow and light blue hull, six persons on board each vessel, overdue
  23. HYDROPAC 1519/052005-09-17 → 2005-11-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-02N 090-55E at 170932Z sep
  24. HYDROPAC 907/052005-06-05 → 2005-06-05
    Last known position 06-00N 084-45E on 31 may
    M/V Hala Overdue To Colombo
  25. HYDROPAC 824/052005-05-19 → 2005-06-29
    Man overboard vicinity 16-33N 082-45E vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp lookout, assist if…
  26. HYDROPAC 407/052005-03-06 → 2005-04-20
    Vessel capsized and adrift in 20-49.8N 088-09.0E
  27. HYDROPAC 1357/042004-08-20 → 2004-10-07
    F/V sai sarani, 13 persons on board, capsized and in need of assistance in 20-39.8N 087-59.6E at 200630Z aug
  28. HYDROPAC 911/042004-05-27 → 2004-07-03
    M/V marivic reports crewman with head injury in 06-04.5N 087-39.6E at 270815Z may
  29. HYDROPAC 673/042004-04-14 → 2004-05-29
    M/V genius star-vi sunk in 19-18N 089-34E
  30. HYDROPAC 412/042004-03-06 → 2004-03-18
    Nine meter F/V, yellow hull, two persons on board, unreported vicinity bhimunipatnam (17-54N 083-27E)
  31. HYDROPAC 112/042004-01-21 → 2004-01-23
    M/V frixos reports crewman with serious burns requiring medical assistance in 05-56N 089-27E at 210300Z jan
  32. HYDROPAC 2212/032003-12-22 → 2004-01-05
    F/V rani puta, red and blue hull, capsized and adrift vicinity 13-01N 082-48E
  33. HYDROPAC 2203/032003-12-19 → 2004-01-30
    F/V regal star capsized and adrift vicinity 13-01N 080-48E
  34. HYDROPAC 2202/032003-12-19 → 2004-01-05
    32 foot F/V, yellow hull, four persons on board, unreported
  35. HYDROPAC 2200/032003-12-19 → 2004-01-30
    Distress signal received in 17-04N 092-43E
  36. HYDROPAC 1763/032003-10-10 → 2003-10-18
    Eight meter vessel, five persons on board, unreported vicinity kakinada (16-59N 082-20E)
  37. HYDROPAC 1686/032003-09-29 → 2003-10-25
    Vessel nabataru sunk vicinity 20-17.8N 086-43.7E
  38. HYDROPAC 1594/032003-09-16 → 2003-10-01
    Eight meter F/V durga devi, red hull, four persons on board, unreported vicinity kakinada (16-59N 082-19E)
  39. HYDROPAC 1506/032003-09-01 → 2003-09-15
    13 meter F/V sona, grey hull, four persons on board, unreported vicinity vishakhapatnam (17-30N 083-30E)
  40. HYDROPAC 1432/032003-08-21 → 2003-08-28
    Man overboard from M/V bharati dasan vicinity 18-44N 084-51E at 210915Z aug
  41. HYDROPAC 1273/032003-07-24 → 2003-07-24
    M/V jubilee sinking and crew abandoning ship in 17-55.75N 091-33.50E at 240350Z jul
  42. HYDROPAC 2132/022002-11-18 → 2002-11-23
    Derelict F/V capsized and adrift vicinity 19-26N 085-50E
  43. HYDROPAC 1741/022002-09-23 → 2002-09-24
    Distress signal received from M/V hidirbey in 09-38N 083-11E at 222150Z sep
  44. HYDROPAC 1436/022002-08-08 → 2002-08-09
    M/V jasmine suffered an engine casualty and taking on water in 13-52N 086-36E
  45. HYDROPAC 1404/022002-08-01 → 2002-08-05
    Ten persons from sinking M/V mario abandoned ship in one liferaft in 10-01N 082-54E at 010800Z aug
  46. HYDROPAC 1094/022002-06-14 → 2002-07-12
    F/V sudeepa, three person on board, unreported vicinity trincomalee (08-30N 081-15E) on 09 may
  47. HYDROPAC 2125/012001-12-31 → 2002-01-18
    Man overboard from vessel avvaiyyar in 13-04.1N 080-23.7E at 300855Z dec
  48. HYDROPAC 1897/012001-11-23 → 2002-01-11
    M/V front lord suffered engine room explosion in 06-00.2N 090-02.6E
  49. HYDROPAC 69/012001-01-13 → 2001-03-01
    80 meter M/V nurshirah, blue and green hull, unreported to kelang
  50. HYDROPAC 836/002000-06-05 → 2000-06-16
    M/V spring breeze abandoned vicinity 06-12N 093-29E at 031820Z jun

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