M/V attacked in 16-14N 055-47E at 061423Z may
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1376/11
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) · IMPBC 061635Z MAY 11.. Issued 2011-05-06 16:58Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 16.233, 55.783. 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
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 977/112011-03-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1376/11 · this notice2011-05-06 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2011-05-06 16:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMPBC 061635Z MAY 11.
- issued by
- IMPBC
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 16.233, 55.783
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. PIRACY. M/V ATTACKED IN 16-14N 055-47E AT 061423Z MAY. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY CENTRE, TELEX: MA34199, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
66 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 approached by pirates in 14-20.00N 054-44.00E at 200200Z mar2024-03-21
- M/V attacked in 14-28.00N 053-29.00E at 210811Z mar2024-03-21
- M/V attacked vicinity 15-07N 054-23E at 171807Z jan2014-01-17
- M/V attacked in 14-22N 054-38E at 271015Z jun2012-06-27
- M/V attacked in 14-17N 056-51E at 251351Z mar2012-03-25
- Possible mothership activity in 17-09N 058-17E at 012135Z mar2012-03-02
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 2026-10-03 02:31Z; 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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