F/V sinking in 17-31.00N 071-44.00E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 35/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-01-04 09:34Z
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 030645Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-03 06:48Z. 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 17.517, 71.733. 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
- F/V ratna sagar sank in 17-31.00N 071-44.00Elater cancellation notice
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 35/23 · this notice2023-01-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 50/232023-01-04 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2023-01-03 06:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC MUMBAI 0/23 030645Z JAN 23.
- issued by
- MRCC MUMBAI
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 17.517, 71.733
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. INDIA. DNC 03. F/V SINKING IN 17-31.00N 071-44.00E. 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.
- 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)
186 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 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.
- Tug amrut 16 sank in vicinity of 19-57.50N 072-35.40E2025-11-13
- Man overboard from M/V ambuja shakti in 20-17.80N 072-15.00E at 122345Z mar2024-03-14
- Liferaft reported adrift in vicinity 18-52.35N 072-42.60E at 071400Z mar2024-03-08
- Man overboard from M/V empress in 18-47.00N 071-47.50E at 201838Z jan2024-01-21
- Seven persons in the water in 17-21.46N 072-46.58E2023-12-25
- Distress signal received from vessel F/V raj net boat in 16-33.54N 071-51.07E2023-11-13
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
- 6.2 meter depths reported in vicinity: a. 18-17.72N 072-55.18EWrecks · 82.6 nm
- Derelict M/V al jafzia aground in 19-11.50N 072-46.40EDerelicts · 116.7 nm
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
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.