Gulf of Aden
IHO sea area 38 · 43° to 51° E, 10° to 15° N
- in force
- 0
- last 12 months
- 4
- archive messages
- 257
- categories
- 12
What the archive shows
257 messages are recorded since 1997-03-09 for the Gulf of Aden. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Piracy accounts for 137 of 257 recorded messages (53%), the largest category group in this selection.
The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.
In force now · 0
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By year
By month (all years)
By category · available archive
| Piracy | 137 | 53% |
| Incidents | 40 | 16% |
| Ordnance | 21 | 8% |
| Other | 16 | 6% |
| Derelicts | 13 | 5% |
| Quakes | 12 | 5% |
| Cable ops | 9 | 4% |
| Exercises | 3 | 1% |
| Containers | 2 | 1% |
| Surveys | 2 | 1% |
| Missiles | 1 | 0% |
| Spills | 1 | 0% |
Archive · 257 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 3201/12 · Incidents2012-11-12 → 2012-12-15Distress signal received from M/V estancia in 11-24.34N 048-04.27E at 112249Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3191/12 · Incidents2012-11-11 → 2012-11-12Distress signal received from M/V estancia in 12-44N 043-15E at 101037Z nov
- HYDROPAC 2405/12 · Incidents2012-08-23 → 2012-08-26Derelict 12 meter liferaft, red and white hull, partially submerged and adrift in 12-17.8N 045-27.09E at…
- HYDROPAC 1718/12 · Piracy2012-06-18 → 2012-06-23M/V attacked in 14-28N 050-45E at 180928Z jun
- HYDROPAC 1589/12 · Piracy2012-06-07 → 2012-06-16Possible mothership activity by M/V mt smyrni in 12-02.8N 050-41.1E at 070534Z jun
- HYDROPAC 1588/12 · Piracy2012-06-07 → 2012-06-16Possible mothership activity by M/V mt royal grace in 11-59N 050-37E at 070550Z jun
- HYDROPAC 1404/12 · Incidents2012-05-18 → 2012-05-21Derelict vessel capsized and adrift vicinity 13-54N 049-46E at 181203Z may
- HYDROPAC 1206/12 · Piracy2012-04-26 → 2012-05-05M/V attacked in 11-56.9N 044-39.3E at 260740Z apr
- HYDROPAC 778/12 · Piracy2012-03-17 → 2012-03-24M/V attacked in 13-09N 048-45E at 170626Z mar
- HYDROPAC 712/12 · Cable ops2012-03-12 → 2012-04-16Cable repair operations by M/V umm al anber: a. in progress until 21 mar in 12-02.60N 044-00.81E
- HYDROPAC 510/12 · Piracy2012-02-22 → 2012-03-03M/V attacked in 13-31N 050-22E at 221125Z feb
- HYDROPAC 23/12 · Piracy2012-01-04 → 2012-01-14M/V attacked in 12-17N 044-10E at 040822Z jan
- HYDROPAC 20/12 · Piracy2012-01-04 → 2012-01-14M/V attacked in 13-10N 049-12E at 040200Z jan
- HYDROPAC 3542/11 · Piracy2011-12-19 → 2011-12-24M/V attacked in 12-24N 046-31E on 191045Z dec
- HYDROPAC 3541/11 · Piracy2011-12-19 → 2011-12-24M/V attacked in 12-36N 047-02E on 19 dec
- HYDROPAC 3426/11 · Cable ops2011-12-09 → 2011-12-12Cable operations in progress until 121200Z dec by cableship teneo along trackline joining 11-32.7N…
- HYDROPAC 3347/11 · Piracy2011-11-30 → 2011-12-10M/V attacked in 12-18N 044-03E at 301405Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3238/11 · Piracy2011-11-18 → 2011-11-26M/V attacked in 12-33N 043-31E at 180500Z nov
- HYDROPAC 3071/11 · Piracy2011-10-31 → 2011-11-12M/V attacked in 12-00N 045-33E at 310858Z oct
- HYDROPAC 2932/11 · Piracy2011-10-18 → 2011-10-18M/V attacked in 13-47N 049-01E at 180451Z oct
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.