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Vessel reports coming under attack in 06-17N 054-41E at 161322Z aug

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1462/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-08-22 09:41Z

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 161817Z AUG 09.. Issued 2009-08-16 18:38Z. 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 6.283, 54.683. 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: 2009-08-16 18:38Z
status: Archived notice
authority: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 161817Z AUG 09.
issued by: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
sea: Indian Ocean
position: 6.283, 54.683
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

VESSEL REPORTS COMING UNDER ATTACK
IN 06-17N 054-41E AT 161322Z AUG.
THE AREA INVOLVED SHOULD BE AVOIDED
IF POSSIBLE. THIS AREA WILL REMAIN
HIGH RISK FOR AT LEAST 24-48 HOURS.
WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME
ARE EXPECTED TO INCLUDE WIND SPEEDS
OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH ASSOCIATED
WAVE HEIGHTS OF 4-7 FEET.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

3 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.

Vessel freya requesting assistance in 08-21.93N 054-48.98E2023-07-25
Vessel freya requesting assistance in 08-15.92N 054-37.61E2023-07-25

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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:35Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.