Piracy

M/V attacked in 24-11N 061-11E at 161036Z may

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1466/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-05-28 09:08Z

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 224/11 161047Z MAY 11.. Issued 2011-05-16 10:56Z. 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 24.183, 61.183. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2011-05-16 10:56Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 224/11 161047Z MAY 11.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 24.183, 61.183
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
PIRACY.
M/V ATTACKED IN 24-11N 061-11E AT 161036Z 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

22 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 vicinity 24-51N 058-33E at 222030Z nov2017-11-23
M/V attacked in 23-32N 060-26E at 010430Z jun2017-06-01
M/V reports possible piracy activity vicinity 22-31N 060-28E at 281015Z feb2014-02-28
M/V attacked in 23-08N 060-49E on 22 feb2013-02-22
M/V attacked vicinity 21-38N 059-59E at 041700Z apr2012-04-04
M/V andinet reported possible piracy activity in 22-37N 063-31E2012-03-24

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 01:16Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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