F/V rahorakhty disabled and adrift due to power loss in 03-31.8N 079-58.0E
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2131/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-07-20 08:21Z
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 COLOMBO 191551Z JUL 20.. Issued 2020-07-19 16:55Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is 3.530, 79.967. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2131/20 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2020-07-19 16:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC COLOMBO 191551Z JUL 20.
- issued by
- MRCC COLOMBO
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 3.530, 79.967
- vessel
- F/V RAHORAKHTY
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 03. F/V RAHORAKHTY DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO POWER LOSS IN 03-31.8N 079-58.0E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC COLOMBO, PHONE: 941 1244 5368, FAX: 941 1244 1454, 941 1244 9718, E-MAIL: NHQDNO@YAHOO.COM, MRCCCOLOMBO@GMAIL.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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
61 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.
- M/V aom maria laura adrift in vicinity 05-46.15N 080-28.90E2023-07-01
- Derelict F/V, blue, yellow and red stripes, partially submerged and adrift in 06-18.16N 079-27.69E at…2023-06-03
- M/V mt alisa not under command and adrift in vicinity 03-52.82N 079-08.47E at 290605Z may2023-05-29
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 05-55.00N 080-02.00E at 231100Z may2023-05-23
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 05-57.00N 080-10.00E at 221030Z may2023-05-22
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 06-14.00N 080-02.00E at 161100Z may2023-05-16
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 03:16Z; 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.