Incidents · disabled

F/V savin putha, 65 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 04-40N 084-40E at 231105Z jul

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2175/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-07-24 11:57Z

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) · AUSSAR 4990/13 231303Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-23 15:05Z. 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 4.667, 84.667. 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.

  1. HYDROPAC 1696/132013-06-12 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2031/132013-07-11 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 2131/132013-07-19 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 2175/13 · this notice2013-07-23 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROPAC 2190/132013-07-24 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROPAC 2218/132013-07-26 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2013-07-23 15:05Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AUSSAR 4990/13 231303Z JUL 13.
issued by
AUSSAR
sea
Indian Ocean
position
4.667, 84.667
vessel
F/V SAVIN PUTHA
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
F/V SAVIN PUTHA, 65 PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED
AND ADRIFT IN 04-40N 084-40E AT 231105Z JUL.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
MRCC COLOMBO, PHONE: 941 1242 1151,
941 1244 5368, FAX: 941 1244 1454,
E-MAIL: NHQDNO@YAHOO.COM, NHQDNO@NAVY.LK.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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 · distress & casualty cases (archived)

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-09-26 11:37Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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