Vessel requesting assistance in 19-49.00N 066-17.00E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3996/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-23 16:49Z
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 230856Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-23 09:19Z. 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 19.817, 66.283. 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
- M/V attacked by drone in 19-49.00N 066-17.00Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2023-12-23 09:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC MUMBAI 0/23 230856Z DEC 23.
- issued by
- MRCC MUMBAI
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 19.817, 66.283
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. DNC 03. VESSEL REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 19-49.00N 066-17.00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE, REPORTS TO MRCC MUMBAI, PHONE: 9122 2438 8065, 9122 2438 3592, EMAIL: 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 · other warnings
7 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- M/V nighale karam reported sunk in 21-34.50N 067-33.80E2023-01-01
- F/V reported sunk in vicinity 21-44.52N 067-15.5E at 290800Z dec 222022-12-29
- Survey operatons in progress until 15 dec by M/V sw bly in area bound by 20-17.20N 068-34.51E, 20-21.32N…2022-12-01
- M/V apl le havre on fire in 21-10N 069-03E at 091900Z2019-08-09
- F/V al asif lost propeller in 19-29N 063-17E2004-02-08
- 23 meter structure partially submerged and adrift in 20-31.1N 064-41.5E on 15 jun2000-06-22
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 15:01Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.