Piracy

Vessel attacked in 13-43.00N 050-37.40E at 171230Z may

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1475/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-05-25 15:32Z

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) · NAVAREA IX 191/20 181515Z MAY 20.. Issued 2020-05-18 15:32Z. 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: Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 13.717, 50.623. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2020-05-18 15:32Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2020-05-25 15:32Z
authority: NAVAREA IX 191/20 181515Z MAY 20.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Gulf of Aden
position: 13.717, 50.623
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF ADEN.
YEMEN.
DNC 10.
1. VESSEL ATTACKED IN 13-43.00N 050-37.40E
   AT 171230Z MAY. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO
   KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
   EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO NAVAREA IX,
   PHONE: 9221 9921 4624, 9221 4850 6821,
   9221 4850 6152, 9221 4850 61511,
   FAX: 9221 9921 4625, 922 1920 1623,
   9221 9920 3246,
   E-MAIL: HQMSA@CYBER.NET.PK,
   HYDROPK@PAKNAVY.GOV.PK, HYDROPK@GMAIL.COM.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251532Z MAY 20.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
NAVAREA: One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

111 within 180 nm since 2007 · 3 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 possibly hijacked in 13-23.00N 047-55.00E2026-09-10
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M/V hijacked in 14-32.00N 051-28.50E by six pirates2026-08-20
M/V attacked in 12-38.65N 048-24.06E at 100457Z may2024-05-10
M/V attacked in 14-28.00N 053-29.00E at 210811Z mar2024-03-21
F/V hijacked in vicinity 11-28.32N 049-52.43E on 02 jan2024-01-02

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 2026-10-01 10:00Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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