A fishing vessel reported sunk in the vicinity of 09-39.49N 079-26.97E in Palk Strait, Sri Lanka.
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2526/23
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA VIII 703/23 042343Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-05 00:17Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 9.658, 79.450. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2023-08-05 00:17Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 703/23 042343Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 9.658, 79.450
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
PALK STRAIT. SRI LANKA. DNC 03. F/V REPORTED SUNK IN VICINITY 09-39.49N 079-26.97E.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
11 within 180 nm since 2001 · 1 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.
- Naval operations 270230 nov to 041830Z dec in area bound by 08-38.25N 076-46.91E, 08-29.61N 076-36.87E,…2025-11-20
- Naval operations 050230Z to 071030Z mar in area bound by 09-05.00N 082-15.00E, 09-05.00N 080-55.00E,…2024-03-04
- Geophysical operations 25 apr thru 24 may by M/V mermaid discovery in area bound by 08-58.09N 079-03.59E,…2015-04-24
- M/V baldev, engine room fire in 07-39N 077-28E2013-02-01
- Two persons overboard vicinity 08-21N 076-48E at 210330Z apr2009-04-24
- Tug sumangla, disabled and adrift in 10-28.28N 080-05.00E2007-12-19
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 19:53Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.