Derelicts

Two F/V adrift in vicinity 13-45.60N 081-48.60E at 221503Z jun

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2061/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-07-07 14:41Z

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 CHENNAI 0/23 221634Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-22 17:41Z. 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 13.760, 81.810. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 2061/23 · this notice2023-06-22 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2080/232023-06-23 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued
2023-06-22 17:41Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC CHENNAI 0/23 221634Z JUN 23.
issued by
MRCC CHENNAI
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
13.760, 81.810
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
DNC 03.
TWO F/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 13-45.60N 081-48.60E
AT 221503Z JUN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC CHENNAI,
PHONE: 9144-2539-5018, 9144-2955-0140,
FAX: 9144-2346-0405,
E-MAIL: MRCCEAST@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN,
MRCCCHENNAI@GMILA.COM.

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.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

36 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 19:05Z; 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.