Wrecks

Dangerous wreck in 09-38.28N 079-21.30E

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 4244/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-01-04 13:51Z

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 799/18 281115Z NOV 18.. Issued 2018-11-28 13:32Z. 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 9.638, 79.355. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued: 2018-11-28 13:32Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VIII 799/18 281115Z NOV 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 9.638, 79.355
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PALK STRAIT.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
CHART 63250.
DANGEROUS WRECK IN 09-38.28N 079-21.30E.

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.
Chart reference: The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · wrecks & obstructions

18 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

F/V iswaryam sank in vicinity 08-58.00N 076-28.00E2026-04-07
F/V paralog matha sank in 08-06.00N 076-51.00E2024-12-12
Dangerous wreck in 07-46.64N 079-44.17E2023-03-16
M/V savithri sank in vicinity 08-57.43N 076-31.83E2023-02-17
M/V x-press pearl sank due to fire in 07-04.87N 079-46.77E at 031230Z jun2021-06-03
M/V x-press pearl sank at 031230Z jun in 07-04.87N 079-46.77E2021-06-03

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

40 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:25Z; source collection times vary.

Wrecks

Dangerous wrecks, shoals and submerged obstructions. All current wrecks & obstructions →

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