Piracy

Two merchant vessels reported coming under attack in 12-35N 043-26E at 141440Z jun, just east of bab el mandeb

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1113/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-06-20 09:51Z

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) · ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 151527Z JUN 09.. Issued 2009-06-15 15:50Z. 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: Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 12.583, 43.433. 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: 2009-06-15 15:50Z
status: Archived notice
authority: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 151527Z JUN 09.
issued by: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
sea: Gulf of Aden
position: 12.583, 43.433
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TWO MERCHANT VESSELS REPORTED COMING UNDER ATTACK IN 12-35N 043-26E
AT 141440Z JUN, JUST EAST OF BAB EL MANDEB. THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY
OF ATTACKS IN THIS AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR PIRATE ACTIVITY AS WIND
SPEEDS ARE FORECASTED TO BE 5-15KTS WITH WAVE HEIGHTS OF 2-4 FEET
THROUGH THIS PERIOD. MARINERS ARE URGED TO TAKE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN
TRANSITING THE AREA. WHEN POSSIBLE, AVOID AREAS WHERE SMALL BOATS ARE
OPERATING AND MAINTAIN A STRICT AND CONTINUOUS WATCH.

Reading this warning

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.
Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

96 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

M/V attacked in 11-49.00N 044-38.00E on 06 mar2024-03-06
Vessel attacked by drone in 12-42.72N 043-18.92E on 19 feb2024-02-20
Vessel attacked in 11-59.00N 044-30.00E on 06 feb2024-02-06
Vessel attacked in 14-19.53N 042-14.43E at 060335Z feb2024-02-06
M/V attacked by drone in 11-58.00N 045-31.00E on 17 jan2024-01-18
Piracy incident reported in 14-50.00N 041-55.00E2023-11-19

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

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 00:37Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea. All current piracy & armed robbery reports →

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