F/V safvan, 13 persons on board, sinking in 10-40.00N 075-33.00E
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 122/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-01-26 16:31Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC MUMBAI 0/24 110731Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-11 08:09Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 10.667, 75.550. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2024-01-11 08:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC MUMBAI 0/24 110731Z JAN 24.
- issued by
- MRCC MUMBAI
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 10.667, 75.550
- vessel
- F/V SAFVAN
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. INDIA. DNC 03. F/V SAFVAN, 13 PERSONS ON BOARD, SINKING IN 10-40.00N 075-33.00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC MUMBAI, PHONE: 9122 2438 8065, 9122 2438 3592, EMAIL: MRCC-WEST@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
131 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- M/V wan hai 503 on fire and adrift in 11-32.00N 074-39.00E at 090410Z jun2025-06-09
- Search and rescue training exercises 0130Z to 0830Z daily 22, 23, 25, 26 and 29 nov in area bound by…2024-11-19
- 31 meter M/V varatharajan, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity…2024-03-17
- Man overboard from F/V ephrayim in 11-06.00N 074-34.00E2024-01-09
- Man overboard from F/V badshah in 11-20.00N 074-24.00E at 061700Z nov2023-11-07
- F/V st lucka, six persons on board, flooding in 10-42.09N 075-30.16E2023-06-16
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 02:38Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
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. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.