35 foot F/V bethel regn, white hull, disabled and adrift due to engine failure vicinity 12-00N 092-00E
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 144/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-01-16 11:15Z
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 PORT BLAIR 150746Z JAN 14.. Issued 2014-01-15 08:57Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 12.000, 92.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2014-01-15 08:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC PORT BLAIR 150746Z JAN 14.
- issued by
- MRCC PORT BLAIR
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 12.000, 92.000
- vessel
- F/V BETHEL REGN
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. NORTH SENTINEL ISLAND. 35 FOOT F/V BETHEL REGN, WHITE HULL, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE VICINITY 12-00N 092-00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC PORT BLAIR, INMARSAT-C: 441922666, PHONE: 319 224 5530, FAX: 319 224 2948, E-MAIL: PBLMRCCPB@SANCHARNET.IN, PTB@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN, COM_CS@DATAONE.IN.
Reading this warning
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
7 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Derelict F/V fahima faheda partially submerged and adrift in 12-20N 091-12E 2. cancel this msg 061147Z nov 172017-11-03
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2218/132013-07-27
- M/V mt khadijah adrift due to engine failure in 09-58.2N 093-53.3E2007-12-26
- Derelict M/V sun pne adrift vicinity 13-10.4N 091-44.6E at 171130Z aug2006-08-18
- F/V tf 101 disabled and adrift in 11-18N 089-38E at 250900Z oct2005-10-25
- M/V tci vijaj disabled and adrift due to engine casualty vicinity 11-32N 090-42E2003-01-27
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:06Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.