Derelict 40 foot F/V husara putha, yellow hull, in vicinity 06-38.00N 079-43.00E at 230941Z feb
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 624/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-26 13:41Z
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 COLOMBO 0/24 231325Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-23 13:56Z. 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
- Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 6.633, 79.717. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 624/24 and this msg, vessel assistedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2024-02-23 13:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-02-26 13:41Z
- authority
- MRCC COLOMBO 0/24 231325Z FEB 24.
- issued by
- MRCC COLOMBO
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 6.633, 79.717
- vessel
- F/V HUSARA PUTHA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. SRI LANKA. DNC 03. 1. DERELICT 40 FOOT F/V HUSARA PUTHA, YELLOW HULL, IN VICINITY 06-38.00N 079-43.00E AT 230941Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC COLOMBO, PHONE: 941 124 45368, EMAIL: MRCCCOLOMBO@GMAIL.COM. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 261341Z FEB 24.
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.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
76 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- 190 meter M/V paras adrift in 08-56.00N 081-05.00E at 200600Z mar2024-03-20
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 08-10.90N 078-50.90E at 080430Z jan2024-01-08
- 40 foot F/V sachin 08, blue and yellow hull, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 06-38.00N…2023-10-05
- M/V aom maria laura adrift in vicinity 05-46.15N 080-28.90E2023-07-01
- Derelict F/V, blue, yellow and red stripes, partially submerged and adrift in 06-18.16N 079-27.69E at…2023-06-03
- M/V mt alisa not under command and adrift in vicinity 03-52.82N 079-08.47E at 290605Z may2023-05-29
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 2026-09-28 17:16Z; 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.