Derelict 20 foot vessel adrift in 20-33N 088-55E on 12 aug
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2420/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-08-14 11:41Z
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) · NAVAREA VIII 482/16 130823Z AUG 16 - CNW 171/16 130730Z AUG 16.. Issued 2016-08-13 09:10Z. 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 20.550, 88.917. 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
- Underwater operations 071900Z aug until further notice by M/V searanger along trackline between 37-47.86S…cancelled by this notice
- Derelict 20 foot vessel, red hull, adrift in 20-40N 088-28E at 130845Z auglater cancellation notice
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 2420/16 · this notice2016-08-13 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2425/162016-08-14 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2016-08-13 09:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-08-16 09:10Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 482/16 130823Z AUG 16 - CNW 171/16 130730Z AUG 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 20.550, 88.917
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA-EAST COAST. DNC 03. 1. DERELICT 20 FOOT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 20-33N 088-55E ON 12 AUG. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2333/16(76). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 160910Z AUG 16.
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.
- 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.
- 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
14 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- Derelict vessel, black hull adrift in vicinity 20-09.52N 089-17.48E2022-11-15
- Approach channel buoy NO-2 in vicinity 20-12.58N 086-46.17E reported adrift and unlit2022-07-28
- Derelict F/V UPASANA-1 reported sunk in vicinity 20-49.00N 087-16.00E2022-06-17
- Derelict F/V min shandhani, partially submerged and adrift in 20-44.58N 092-00.98E on 07 nov2019-11-09
- Derelict vessel kolkata adrift in vicinity 21-12N 088-35E at 140830Z jun2018-06-15
- Derelict F/V, yellow hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 20-17.8N 086-47.9E at 050900Z jun2017-06-06
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 04:34Z; 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.