M/V bismillah, eight persons on board, unreported
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 264/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-27 00:13Z
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 80/23 241017Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-24 10:20Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 11.494, 52.452. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2264/22, 2771/22, 3734/22, 264/23, 749/23, 784/23 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2023-01-24 10:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 80/23 241017Z JAN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 11.494, 52.452
- vessel
- M/V BISMILLAH
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. SOMALIA. DNC 10. M/V BISMILLAH, EIGHT PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN 11-29.66N 052-27.09E ON 13 JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
30 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Vessel SAAD-2, brown hull, eight persons on board, unreported ash shihr (14-45-39N 049-36-25E) to suqutra…2022-05-18
- F/V al sharqia, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in vicinity 13-32N 051-12E…2021-11-10
- Derelict M/V falcon line sinking in 13-34.57N 053-31.52E2021-06-08
- Vessel falcon line, 15 persons on board, taking on water in 13-24.76N 053-24.67E2021-06-07
- M/V al kamen 1, white and brown hull, five persons on board, unreported ash shhir port (14-44.7N 049-36.4E)…2021-01-03
- S/V almanar, brown hull, 15 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 12-44N 053-06E at…2020-05-20
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:39Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.