A dangerous wreck is located in the Arabian Sea near India at coordinates 18-49.73N 072-42.50E.
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3916/23
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA VIII 1057/23 141019Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-14 11:32Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 18.829, 72.708. 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 3497/232023-11-06 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROPAC 3916/23 · this notice2023-12-14 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROPAC 2134/252025-08-21 · Cancelled notice
- HYDROPAC 692/262026-03-09 · Cancelled notice
- issued
- 2023-12-14 11:32Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 1057/23 141019Z DEC 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 18.829, 72.708
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. INDIA. DNC 03. DANGEROUS WRECK IN 18-49.73N 072-42.50E.
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.
- Dangerous wreck
- A sunken vessel close enough to the surface to endanger ships, or wreckage reported in the water.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions
70 within 180 nm since 2000 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- 6.2 meter depths reported in vicinity: a. 18-17.72N 072-55.18E2026-07-01
- Ifb sea princess sank in 19-04.90N 072-44.90E2026-03-09
- Dangerous wreck in 18-53.65N 072-51.89E2025-08-21
- F/V radhe shyam sank in 18-11.00N 072-15.00E2024-12-23
- Dangerous wreck in 18-50.13N 072-37.26E2023-11-06
- F/V banai sagar sank in vicinity 18-14.66N 072-53.16E2023-08-19
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
38 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 21:01Z; source collection times vary.
Wrecks
Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →
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.