M/V anh son disabled and adrift in 21-00N 088-00E at 030537Z jul
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1888/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-07-04 04:42Z
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) · HAIPHONG RADIO 031452Z JUL 12.. Issued 2012-07-03 18:24Z. 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 21.000, 88.000. 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
- M/V anh son sinking and crew abandoning ship in 21-01.2N 088-15.5Elater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2012-07-03 18:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HAIPHONG RADIO 031452Z JUL 12.
- issued by
- HAIPHONG RADIO
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 21.000, 88.000
- vessel
- M/V ANH SON · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA-NORTHEAST COAST. M/V ANH SON DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 21-00N 088-00E AT 030537Z JUL. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO HAIPHONG RADIO, PHONE: 843 1388 0114, FAX: 84 3198 1615, E-MAIL: HPHLES@HN.VNN.
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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
13 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 F/V UPASANA-1 reported sunk in vicinity 20-49.00N 087-16.00E2022-06-17
- 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
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 04:33Z; 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.