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F/V lourdhu matha 2, green hull, ten persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-49N…

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 2272/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-08-27 14:25Z

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 MUMBAI 071737Z AUG 21.. Issued 2021-08-07 20:00Z. 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
Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 13.817, 74.117. 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 2240/212021-08-05 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2258/212021-08-06 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 2272/21 · this notice2021-08-07 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 2590/212021-09-12 · Archived notice
Compare all 4 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →

issued
2021-08-07 20:00Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC MUMBAI 071737Z AUG 21.
issued by
MRCC MUMBAI
sea
Laccadive Sea
position
13.817, 74.117
vessel
F/V LOURDHU MATHA 2 · 3 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. F/V LOURDHU MATHA 2, GREEN HULL, TEN PERSONS
   ONBOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE
   FAILURE IN 13-49N 074-07E AT 071110Z AUG.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
   LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC
   MUMBAI, PHONE: 9122 2438 8065,
   9122 2438 3592, FAX: 9122 2431 6558,
   E-MAIL: INDSAR@VSNL.NET,
   MRCC-WEST@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2258/21.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

105 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:22Z; 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) →

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