M/V grace disabled and adrift due to fishing net entangled in propeller in 08-42.00N 085-18.00E
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2329/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-07-17 17:27Z
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 161509Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-16 15:14Z. 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 8.700, 85.300. 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
- M/V grace not under command in vicinity 08-04.00N 085-00.00E at 151900Z julcancelled by this notice
- 39 foot F/V sadeepa putha, yellow hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 2326/232023-07-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2329/23 · this notice2023-07-16 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2023-07-16 15:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-07-19 15:10Z
- authority
- MRCC CHENNAI 0/23 161509Z JUL 23.
- issued by
- MRCC CHENNAI
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 8.700, 85.300
- vessel
- M/V GRACE · 10 messages
- 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. 1. M/V GRACE DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO FISHING NET ENTANGLED IN PROPELLER IN 08-42.00N 085-18.00E. REPORTS TO MRCC CHENNAI, PHONE: 9144 2539 5018, FAX: 9144 2346 0405, E-MAIL: MRCCCHENNAI@GMAIL.COM, MRCCEAST@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2326/23. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 191510Z JUL 23.
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.
- Fish aggregating device (FAD)
- Floating rafts, nets and lines used by fishing fleets — hazards to propellers when they are adrift or unlit.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 · derelict & adrift vessels
44 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- F/V, yellow, white and blue hull, possibly disabled due to collision in 09-12N 083-24E at 270030Z feb2024-02-27
- 330 meter M/V serene 01, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 06-04.00N 085-21.00E at 080100Z sep2023-09-08
- M/V grace not under command in vicinity 08-04.00N 085-00.00E at 151900Z jul2023-07-15
- M/V vishva anand, possibly disabled and adrift in vicinity 08-06.34N 082-38.63E at 050409Z may2023-05-05
- Tug shivali and barge disabled and adrift due to steering failure in vicinity 08-26.91N 084-55.45E at…2023-03-08
- Derelict F/V adrift in vicinity 08-01.00N 083-51.00E at 111130Z dec2022-12-12
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 02:27Z; 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.