Derelicts

Derelict F/V sunk in vicinity 14-12.8N 080-12.35E on 13 sep

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2614/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-09-14 13:04Z

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 644/21 141023Z SEP 21.. Issued 2021-09-14 11:26Z. 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 14.213, 80.206. 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 2614/21 · this notice2021-09-14 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2615/212021-09-14 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued
2021-09-14 11:26Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-09-17 11:26Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 644/21 141023Z SEP 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
14.213, 80.206
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. DERELICT F/V SUNK IN VICINITY
   14-12.8N 080-12.35E ON 13 SEP.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171126Z SEP 21.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

15 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:56Z; 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.