Piracy

Possible mothership activity in 13-21N 042-48E at 041510Z jun

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 1174/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-06-19 09:17Z

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) · MSCHOA REQ 117/10 042050Z JUN 10.. Issued 2010-06-04 21:13Z. 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
Red Sea. The parsed report position is 13.350, 42.800. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 1174/10 · this notice2010-06-04 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1188/102010-06-07 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1272/102010-06-19 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 1290/102010-06-21 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROPAC 1381/102010-07-04 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROPAC 1382/102010-07-05 · Archived notice
Compare all 6 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Red Sea →

issued
2010-06-04 21:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MSCHOA REQ 117/10 042050Z JUN 10.
issued by
MSCHOA REQ
sea
Red Sea
position
13.350, 42.800
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTHERN RED SEA.
PIRACY.
POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY IN 13-21N 042-48E
AT 041510Z JUN. VESSELS TRANSITING THE AREA
ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
REPORTS TO UKMTO DUBAI, PHONE: 97 150 552 3215,
E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.

Reading this warning

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

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

97 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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 2026-10-03 23:55Z; 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 →

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.