Derelicts

Derelict vessel aground in 19-28.74N 093-17.75E

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 599/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-03-22 19:08Z

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 158/16 021001Z MAR 16.. Issued 2016-03-02 11:20Z. 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 19.479, 93.296. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2016-03-02 11:20Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VIII 158/16 021001Z MAR 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
19.479, 93.296
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
BURMA.
DNC 03.
CHART 63351, 63353.
DERELICT VESSEL AGROUND IN 19-28.74N 093-17.75E.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
Derelict
An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
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 · derelict & adrift vessels

2 within 180 nm since 2016 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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19

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:28Z; 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.