45 foot F/V gagana putha, yellow, blue and white hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2903/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-09-29 16:05Z
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 MUMBAI 0/23 091232Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-09 13:41Z. 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 9.967, 68.467. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 2874/232023-09-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2903/23 · this notice2023-09-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2909/232023-09-10 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2023-09-09 13:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC MUMBAI 0/23 091232Z SEP 23.
- issued by
- MRCC MUMBAI
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 9.967, 68.467
- vessel
- F/V GAGANA PUTHA · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. DNC 03. 45 FOOT F/V GAGANA PUTHA, YELLOW, BLUE AND WHITE HULL, SEVEN PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 09-58.00N 068-28.00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC MUMBAI, PHONE: 9122 2438 8065, 9122 2438 3592, FAX: 9122 2431 6558, E-MAIL: MRCC-WEST@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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
58 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- 47 foot F/V ranmaike 15, red, yellow and green hull, five persons on board, adrift due to engine failure in…2023-10-04
- 45 foot F/V gagana putha, yellow, blue and white hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to…2023-09-10
- 45 foot F/V gagana putha, yellow, blue and white hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift due to…2023-09-06
- 40 foot F/V yamuna, yellow and red hull, seven persons on board, disabled and adrift in 09-08.00N 068-45.00E…2023-06-07
- M/V st2023-05-13
- F/V st2023-05-12
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 2026-09-24 21:13Z; 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.