M/V nawaz sank in 21-04.43N 072-39.53E at 071645Z oct
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2823/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-01-19 12:57Z
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 757/22 091003Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-09 10:58Z. 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 21.074, 72.659. 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 2823/22, 237/24 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-10-09 10:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 757/22 091003Z OCT 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 21.074, 72.659
- vessel
- M/V NAWAZ
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF KHAMBHAT. INDIA. DNC 03. M/V NAWAZ SANK IN 21-04.43N 072-39.53E AT 071645Z OCT. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions
78 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- 6.2 meter depths reported in vicinity: a. 18-17.72N 072-55.18E2026-07-01
- Ifb sea princess sank in 19-04.90N 072-44.90E2026-03-09
- Dangerous wreck in 18-53.65N 072-51.89E2025-08-21
- F/V radhe shyam sank in 18-11.00N 072-15.00E2024-12-23
- Dangerous wreck in 18-49.73N 072-42.50E2023-12-14
- Dangerous wreck in 18-50.13N 072-37.26E2023-11-06
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
- Derelict M/V al jafzia aground in 19-11.50N 072-46.40EDerelicts · 113.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
37 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 14:34Z; 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.