Derelict F/V BITUNI-1 adrift in 15-00N 087-00E at 020630Z sep
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3245/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-09-07 12:32Z
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 594/18 041216Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-04 12:32Z. 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 15.000, 87.000. 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 3154/182018-08-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3162/182018-08-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3172/182018-08-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3176/182018-08-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3245/18 · this notice2018-09-04 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2018-09-04 12:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-09-07 12:32Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 594/18 041216Z SEP 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 15.000, 87.000
- vessel
- F/V BITUNI-1
- 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. 1. DERELICT F/V BITUNI-1 ADRIFT IN 15-00N 087-00E AT 020630Z SEP. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071232Z SEP 18.
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.
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
29 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Derelict F/V neil PUTHA1 adrift in 12-30N 086-16E at 090930Z jan2020-01-13
- F/V neil PUTHA1 adrift in 12-30N 086-16E at 090930Z jan2020-01-10
- Items adrift at 230800Z nov: a. derelict vessel, orange hull, in 16-34.15N 085-31.88E2019-11-25
- Derelict F/V oshan putha adrift in 16-10N 087-44E at 310327Z oct2019-11-01
- Derelict F/V kensa disabled and adrift in 12-42N 085-18E at 280325Z sep2019-09-29
- Derelict F/V adrift in 13-28N 085-17E at 030445Z may2019-05-04
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:05Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.