Two derelict liferafts adrift in 06-02.4N 086-29.4E
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2249/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-08-14 15:45Z
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) · SPOCC 111244Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-11 15:45Z. 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 6.040, 86.490. 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 2249/11 · this notice2011-08-11 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2517/112011-09-06 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2011-08-11 15:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-08-14 15:45Z
- authority
- SPOCC 111244Z AUG 11.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 6.040, 86.490
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. 1. TWO DERELICT LIFERAFTS ADRIFT IN 06-02.4N 086-29.4E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141545Z AUG.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
79 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- 47 foot F/V vihaga 03, blue and yellow hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 06-50.00N…2024-05-03
- 47 foot F/V vihaga 03, blue and yellow hull, seven persons onboard, disabled and adrift in 06-46.00N…2024-04-28
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V sea hazel in 06-09.00N 089-15.00E at 081930Z apr2024-04-08
- Distress signal received from M/V rc ocean in 05-58.00N 089-26.00E at 250410Z mar2024-03-25
- 40 foot F/V senuki duwa, yellow and white hull, six persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine…2024-02-10
- Man overboard from M/V mpv thalia, search and rescue operations in area bound by 06-18.00N 089-18.00E,…2024-01-25
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:19Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.