Derelicts

Derelict vessel sunk in vicinity 20-31.92N 070-51.53E on 05 jan

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 64/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-01-09 11:34Z

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 25/21 061030Z JAN 21.. Issued 2021-01-06 11:34Z. 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 20.532, 70.859. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued
2021-01-06 11:34Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-01-09 11:34Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 25/21 061030Z JAN 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
20.532, 70.859
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. DERELICT VESSEL SUNK IN VICINITY
   20-31.92N 070-51.53E ON 05 JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091134Z JAN 21.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

48 within 180 nm since 2001 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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26

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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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

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:19Z; 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.