M/V villa reports act of piracy/armed robbery in 29-43N 048-38E
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1940/05
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-01-04 18:08Z
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) · UKMRCC 200150Z NOV 05.. Issued 2005-11-20 02:23Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 29.717, 48.633. 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 245/052005-02-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 271/052005-02-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1940/05 · this notice2005-11-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 44/082008-01-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1604/102010-08-08 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2005-11-20 02:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- UKMRCC 200150Z NOV 05.
- issued by
- UKMRCC
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 29.717, 48.633
- vessel
- M/V VILLA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
M/V VILLA REPORTS ACT OF PIRACY/ARMED ROBBERY IN 29-43N 048-38E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC FALMOUTH.
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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
5 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- Four vessels attacked in 29-41N 048-40E on 08 aug2010-08-08
- Background: at the request of the iraqi government and in accordance with united nations security council…2008-01-09
- Background: at the request of the iraqi government and in accordance with united nations security council…2005-02-08
- Background: at the request of the iraqi government and in accordance with united nations security council…2005-02-08
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
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 29.1 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 30.4 nm
- Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 40 nm
- Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 46.9 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 52.5 nm
- Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 58 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:20Z; 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 →
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.