Piracy

M/V gemini pirated vicinity 02-47S 043-03E at 010733Z may

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1335/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-05-14 09:33Z

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 209/11 010912Z MAY 11.. Issued 2011-05-01 09:35Z. 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 -2.783, 43.050. 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: 2011-05-01 09:35Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 209/11 010912Z MAY 11.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -2.783, 43.050
vessel: M/V GEMINI PIRATED
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
M/V GEMINI PIRATED VICINITY 02-47S 043-03E AT 010733Z MAY.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR
OF THIS POSITION AND 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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

28 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.

Possible mothership activity in 01-34.4S 041-48.5E at 031400Z mar2014-03-03
M/V attacked in 04-04S 043-02E at 210536Z nov2011-11-21
Possible mothership activity in 05-20.0S 042-40.8E at 030655Z nov2011-11-03
M/V attacked in 04-20S 043-41E at 301254Z oct2011-10-30
M/V pacific express attacked vicinity 04-47S 044-35E at 200734Z sep2011-09-20
M/V attacked in 03-54.6S 041-04.7E at 171137Z sep2011-09-17

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 2026-10-02 01:56Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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