Piracy & armed robbery reports in the Indian Ocean

Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea.

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Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

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  1. HYDROPAC 178/102010-01-30 → 2010-01-30
    Vessel, blue hull with white superstructure, hijacked in 02-45N 052-12E at 300500Z jan
    Western Indian Ocean · Piracy
  2. HYDROPAC 171/102010-01-29 → 2010-02-06
    Possible pirate activity vicinity 04-31N 051-03E, approximately 157 miles southeast of hobyo, somalia, at…
    Western Indian Ocean · Piracy
  3. HYDROPAC 170/102010-01-29 → 2010-01-30
    Vessel, blue hull with white superstructure, hijacked in 05-17N 050-31E at 291354Z jan
    Western Indian Ocean · Piracy
  4. HYDROPAC 118/102010-01-22 → 2010-01-30
    Possible mothership activity 125 miles east of raas garrey, somalia (09-18N 050-45E) at 221600Z jan
    Somalia-northeast Coast · Piracy
  5. HYDROPAC 59/102010-01-12 → 2010-01-23
    Mothership activity vicinity 06-30N 049-13E at 102000Z jan
    Somalia-northeast Coast · Piracy
  6. HYDROPAC 10/102010-01-02 → 2010-01-17
    Vessel attacked and boarded in 01-52N 061-41E at 012142Z jan
    Western Indian Ocean · Piracy
  7. HYDROPAC 2434/092009-12-28 → 2010-01-09
    M/V possibly attacked by pirates in 03-22S 059-44E at 281710Z dec
  8. HYDROPAC 2396/092009-12-21 → 2009-12-23
    Possible mothership activity vicinity 06-30S 052-41E at 211355Z dec
  9. HYDROPAC 2296/092009-12-07 → 2009-12-12
    M/V attacked in 00-27N 061-39E at 071347Z dec (approximately 480 miles northeast of port victoria, seychelles)
  10. HYDROPAC 2284/092009-12-05 → 2009-12-19
    Pirate mother ship vicinity 03-06S 051-17E
  11. HYDROPAC 2240/092009-11-30 → 2009-12-05
    M/V reported coming under fire and being hijacked in 03-09N 061-30E at 291213Z nov (approximately 580 miles…
  12. HYDROPAC 2231/092009-11-29 → 2009-12-12
    F/V attacked in 04-44S 052-30E at 290500Z nov
  13. HYDROPAC 2222/092009-11-28 → 2009-12-05
    Increased piracy activity is expected for the next 24-48 hours vicinity 00-29N 063-12E (approximately 1240…
  14. HYDROPAC 2207/092009-11-26 → 2009-12-05
    M/V attacked in 05-54S 043-44E at 260657Z nov
  15. HYDROPAC 2188/092009-11-24 → 2009-11-28
    A merchant vessel reported coming under fire in 00-29N 063-12E at 241307Z nov (approximately 554 miles…
  16. HYDROPAC 2157/092009-11-20 → 2009-11-28
    A merchant vessel reported coming under fire in 01-08S 062-28E (approximately 470 miles northeast of port…
  17. HYDROPAC 2132/092009-11-18 → 2009-12-12
    On 180730Z nov a merchant vessel came under attack by pirates in two fast moving craft in 02-09S 047-25E
  18. HYDROPAC 2131/092009-11-18 → 2009-11-28
    A merchant vessel reported coming under fire in 01-48S 049-01E (approximately 275 miles south of mogadishu)…
  19. HYDROPAC 2126/092009-11-18 → 2009-11-28
    Observations of potential mothership activity associated with somali pirates were noted vicinity 00-07N…
  20. HYDROPAC 2091/092009-11-13 → 2009-12-05
    A merchant vessel reported being attacked by pirates in 00-42S 047-58E at 130446Z nov, approximately 230…
  21. HYDROPAC 2062/092009-11-10 → 2009-11-28
    A merchant vessel reported coming under fire in 00-43.0S 061-57.8E at 100200Z nov, approximately 461 miles…
  22. HYDROPAC 2055/092009-11-09 → 2009-11-14
    A merchant vessel was reportedly attacked in 11-09S 061-35E at 090914Z nov, approximately 400 miles…
  23. HYDROPAC 2023/092009-11-05 → 2009-11-14
    A merchant vessel was reportedly attacked in 09-40S 045-05E at 050456Z nov, approximately 730 miles…
  24. HYDROPAC 2006/092009-11-03 → 2009-11-14
    Suspected aggressive small boat activity has been noted in 01-57S 044-27E and 02-05S 044-29E at 030850Z nov
  25. HYDROPAC 2000/092009-11-02 → 2009-11-07
    A merchant vessel has reported coming under attack in 03-44.1S 045-41.3E, approximately 320 miles east of…
  26. HYDROPAC 1971/092009-10-29 → 2009-11-14
    A fishing vessel was reportedly hijacked in 01-55S 055-53E, approximately 183 miles northeast of seychelles…
  27. HYDROPAC 1915/092009-10-22 → 2009-10-24
    Merchant vessel reports coming under attack in 03-45.28S 046-43.24E at 220415Z oct and merchant vessel…
  28. HYDROPAC 1871/092009-10-15 → 2009-10-17
    Merchant vessel reported hijacked in 01-33S 054-52E at 150237Z oct, approximately 180 miles north northwest…
  29. HYDROPAC 1814/092009-10-06 → 2009-10-24
    Piracy attack reported in 01-47.2S 056-07.1E at 041900Z oct
  30. HYDROPAC 1354/092009-07-30 → 2009-08-08
    Suspect activity in 05-44N 050-06E at 301100Z jul approximately 95 miles ene of hobyo somalia
  31. HYDROPAC 882/092009-05-06 → 2009-05-09
    A merchant vessel reported that eight pirates in two skiffs attempted to board their vessel vicinity…
  32. HYDROPAC 865/092009-05-01 → 2009-05-09
    A merchant vessel reported coming under pirate attack in 03-05S 053-19E at 010430Z may
  33. HYDROPAC 849/092009-04-30 → 2009-05-02
    A merchant vessel reported coming under pirate attack in 07-46S 051-32E at 300400Z apr approximately 680…
  34. HYDROPAC 750/092009-04-14 → 2009-04-17
    M/V liberty sun attacked by pirates vicinity 02-38S 046-25E at 141510Z apr
  35. HYDROPAC 706/092009-04-08 → 2009-04-18
    M/V maersk alabama, 21 crew members on board, boarded by pirates in 02-25N 051-14E at 080430Z apr
  36. HYDROPAC 525/092009-03-12 → 2009-03-15
    A merchant vessel reported coming under fire while underway in 04-02S 046-33E at 112240Z mar
  37. HYDROPAC 1937/052005-11-19 → 2005-11-19
    M/V ALEXANDRA1 reports act of piracy/armed robbery in 29-25S 048-22E at 192215Z nov
  38. HYDROPAC 323/032003-02-22 → 2003-02-22
    Vessel under attack by pirates in 09-56N 051-43E at 221338Z feb
  39. HYDROPAC 234/022002-02-06 → 2002-02-22
    360 foot M/V princess sarah anchored and unlit in 08-12N 050-17E with no crew
  40. HYDROPAC 171/022002-01-28 → 2002-01-28
    Vessel princess sarah under armed attack by pirates in 08-12N 050-17E
  41. HYDROPAC 83/022002-01-14 → 2002-01-14
    Vessel princess sarah under armed attack by pirates in 07-49N 049-57E

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