Derelict 17 meter vessel, steel hull, partially submerged and adrift in 14-38.7N 089-05.6E
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1803/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-09-22 00:00Z
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 374/08 131901Z SEP 08.. Issued 2008-09-15 21:15Z. 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 14.645, 89.093. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1803/08 · this notice2008-09-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1937/082008-10-03 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2008-09-15 21:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 374/08 131901Z SEP 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 14.645, 89.093
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 17 METER VESSEL, STEEL HULL, PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 14-38.7N 089-05.6E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 22 SEP.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
20 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 oshan putha adrift in 16-10N 087-44E at 310327Z oct2019-11-01
- F/V NADEESHA5 adrift in 17-16N 090-00E at 140300Z sep2018-09-15
- F/V subodha dinanthi 2 adrift in 14-40N 086-14E at 100330Z sep2018-09-10
- Derelict F/V BITUNI-1 adrift in 15-00N 087-00E at 020630Z sep2018-09-04
- Derelict F/V kabila putha 5 adrift in 14-50N 087-10E at 300330Z aug2018-08-30
- Derelict F/V SAMIDITHA2 adrift in 13-57N 086-36E at 290230Z aug2018-08-29
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:16Z; 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.