Derelicts

F/V vigilani disabled and adrift in 08-34N 086-17E at 281000Z aug

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2852/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-09-07 08:05Z

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 281529Z AUG 15.. Issued 2015-08-28 17:07Z. 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 8.567, 86.283. 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
2015-08-28 17:07Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC CHENNAI 281529Z AUG 15.
issued by
MRCC CHENNAI
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
8.567, 86.283
vessel
F/V VIGILANI
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
DNC 03.
F/V VIGILANI DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 08-34N 086-17E
AT 281000Z 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,
ICGMRCC_CHENNAI@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.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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 · derelict & adrift vessels

38 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.

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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

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:28Z; source collection times vary.

Derelicts

Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →

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