Derelicts

F/V ayesha disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 16-14N 086-25E

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2604/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-08-12 12:24Z

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 081833Z AUG 15.. Issued 2015-08-08 19:40Z. 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 16.233, 86.417. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 2604/15 · this notice2015-08-08 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2644/152015-08-12 · Archived notice
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issued
2015-08-08 19:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC CHENNAI 081833Z AUG 15.
issued by
MRCC CHENNAI
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
16.233, 86.417
vessel
F/V AYESHA · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA-EAST COAST.
DNC 03.
F/V AYESHA DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE
IN 16-14N 086-25E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC CHENNAI, PHONE: 9144 2539 5018,
FAX: 9144 2346 0405, E-MAIL: ISAREAST@DATAONE.IN,
ICGMRCC_CHENNAI@DATAONE.IN,
MRCCEAST@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

25 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 06:07Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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