Piracy

F/V reports possible piracy activity in 01-49N 051-11E

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1288/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-05-17 23:47Z

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) · MRCC REUNION 061219Z MAY 13.. Issued 2013-05-06 12:44Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is 1.817, 51.183. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2013-05-06 12:44Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC REUNION 061219Z MAY 13.
issued by: MRCC REUNION
sea: Indian Ocean
position: 1.817, 51.183
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
F/V REPORTS POSSIBLE PIRACY ACTIVITY IN
01-49N 051-11E. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO
KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO
MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422799193,
TELEX: 916140F, PHONE: 26 226 243 4343,
FAX: 26 226 271 1595,
E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.

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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

35 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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 00-49N 050-53E at 161234Z oct2018-10-16
M/V attacked in 03-26N 050-27E at 222100Z feb2018-02-22
M/V attacked in 03-00N 051-52E at 051130Z jan2013-01-05
Possible mothership activity in 02-10N 052-41E at 201030Z nov2012-11-20
M/V attacked vicinity 00-26N 050-39E at 101210Z oct2012-10-10
Possible mothership activity in 02-41N 048-35E at 090949Z dec2011-12-09

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 2026-09-29 16:37Z; 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 →

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.