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Foul ground and an anchor are reported in the Bay of Bengal off India at 20-15.61N 086-50.45E.

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2744/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-23 14:45Z

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 in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-22 12:55Z. First collected 2026-09-23 15:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 17:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 20.260, 86.841. 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: 2026-09-22 12:55Z
status: Cancelled notice
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 20.260, 86.841
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-23 15:02Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA.
FOUL GROUND, ANCHOR REPORTED IN 20-15.61N 086-50.45E.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions

14 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.

F/V ANIK-1 sank in vicinity 21-00.00N 088-35.00E2023-07-26
F/V ABDULLA-1 sank in vicinity 21-01.39N 087-49.52E on 21 aug2022-08-24
F\v sri laxmi narayan sank in vicinity 19-45.00N 086-12.00E on 23 jul2022-07-25
F/V mahabir sank in 21-13N 089-10E on 19 jun2021-06-24
F/V mahabir sank in 21-13N 089-10E on 19 jun2021-06-23
Barge SOHAM-1 sank in 21-39.6N 088-01.3E2020-10-25

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

38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 17:23Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →

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.