Incidents · disabled

59 foot F/V queen of velankani, green hull, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure…

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2935/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-11-04 14:09Z

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 0/22 190758Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-19 08:19Z. 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 11.283, 70.683. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2022-10-19 08:19Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC MUMBAI 0/22 190758Z OCT 22.
issued by: MRCC MUMBAI
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 11.283, 70.683
vessel: F/V QUEEN OF VELANKANI
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
DNC 03.
59 FOOT F/V QUEEN OF VELANKANI, GREEN HULL,
12 PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT
DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 11-17.00N 070-41.00E
ON 17 OCT. 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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

64 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

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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

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:22Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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