Incidents · piracy

525 ton F/V chun ying, 31 persons on board, possibly hijacked

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1849/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-06-26 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) · IMBPC 260335Z JUN 13.. Issued 2013-06-26 03:53Z. 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 0.567, 54.800. 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.

  1. HYDROPAC 1849/13 · this notice2013-06-26 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1851/132013-06-26 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1878/132013-06-28 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2013-06-26 03:53Z
status
Archived notice
authority
IMBPC 260335Z JUN 13.
issued by
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea
Indian Ocean
position
0.567, 54.800
vessel
F/V CHUN YING
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
525 TON F/V CHUN YING, 31 PERSONS ON BOARD, POSSIBLY
HIJACKED. LAST KNOWN POSITION 00-34N 054-48E
ON 20 JUN. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR
OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769,
E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.

Reading this warning

Piracy and armed robbery
Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Last known position
The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

5 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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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 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:39Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →

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