Incidents · sinking

F/V SOUMITRA-4, 14 persons on board, sinking in 20-55N 088-20E at 290103Z aug

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2610/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-09-11 09:55Z

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 290229Z AUG 16.. Issued 2016-08-29 04:42Z. 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 20.917, 88.333. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2016-08-29 04:42Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC CHENNAI 290229Z AUG 16.
issued by: MRCC CHENNAI
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 20.917, 88.333
vessel: F/V SOUMITRA-4
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 SOUMITRA-4, 14 PERSONS ON BOARD, SINKING IN
20-55N 088-20E AT 290103Z AUG. 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,
ICGMRCCCHENNAI@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.
Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.

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

20 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:11Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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