F/V disabled and adrift in 08-20.50N 070-45.55E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3558/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-11-15 12:20Z
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 281418Z OCT 19.. Issued 2019-10-28 12:37Z. 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 8.342, 70.759. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2019-10-28 12:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC MUMBAI 281418Z OCT 19.
- issued by
- MRCC MUMBAI
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 8.342, 70.759
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. DNC 03. F/V DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 08-20.50N 070-45.55E. 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.
- 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 · derelict & adrift vessels
15 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.
- F/V doni baba 02 disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 07-54.00N 069-59.00E2024-03-18
- Derelict F/V albhuthamatha, partially submerged and adrift in 10-28.69N 072-40.36E2024-01-26
- Derelict F/V lorenso putha 01 adrift in 07-14N 069-00E at 100300Z feb2020-02-10
- Derelict F/V ruhunu kumari adrift in 08-00N 069-36E at 051230Z sep2019-09-06
- Derelict F/V sea QUEEN2 adrift in 06-20N 069-30E at 230435Z jan2019-01-23
- Derelict F/V sea queen adrift in vicinity 07-55N 071-10E at 131210Z jan2019-01-14
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:52Z; 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.