Derelict F/V UPASANA-1 reported sunk in vicinity 20-49.00N 087-16.00E
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1674/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-07-28 08:17Z
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) · NAVAREA VIII 489/22 172227Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-17 22:36Z. 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 20.817, 87.267. 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 Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2022-06-17 22:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 489/22 172227Z JUN 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 20.817, 87.267
- vessel
- F/V UPASANA-1
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA. DNC 03. DERELICT F/V UPASANA-1 REPORTED SUNK IN VICINITY 20-49.00N 087-16.00E.
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.
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
14 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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 vessel, black hull adrift in vicinity 20-09.52N 089-17.48E2022-11-15
- Approach channel buoy NO-2 in vicinity 20-12.58N 086-46.17E reported adrift and unlit2022-07-28
- Derelict vessel kolkata adrift in vicinity 21-12N 088-35E at 140830Z jun2018-06-15
- Derelict F/V, yellow hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 20-17.8N 086-47.9E at 050900Z jun2017-06-06
- Derelict 20 foot vessel, red hull, adrift in 20-40N 088-28E at 130845Z aug2016-08-14
- Derelict 20 foot vessel adrift in 20-33N 088-55E on 12 aug2016-08-13
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 11:04Z; 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.