Piracy

A fishing vessel was reportedly hijacked in 01-55S 055-53E, approximately 183 miles northeast of seychelles…

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1971/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-11-14 10:11Z

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 291345Z OCT 09.. Issued 2009-10-29 14:38Z. 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 -1.733, 55.583. 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: 2009-10-29 14:38Z
status: Archived notice
authority: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 291345Z OCT 09.
issued by: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -1.733, 55.583
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

A FISHING VESSEL WAS REPORTEDLY HIJACKED IN 01-55S 055-53E,
APPROXIMATELY 183 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEYCHELLES AT
290247Z OCT. SEVEN ARMED MEN BOARDED THE VESSEL AND
HAVE BEGUN TO DIRECT IT TOWARDS THE SOMALI COASTLINE.
THE VESSEL WAS LAST LOCATED IN 01-33S 055-17E AT
290936Z OCT. IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS, TWO FISHING VESSELS
HAVE BEEN HIJACKED BRINGING THE CURRENT TOTAL OF CURRENTLY
HIJACKED FISHING VESSELS TO THREE. FISHING VESSELS ARE
OFTEN USED BY PIRATES AS MOTHER SHIPS TO EXTEND THE
OPERATING AREA FOR PIRATES AND ALL VESSELS ARE ALWAYS
ADVISED TO STEER CLEAR OF KNOWN POSITIONS OF THESE
CURRENTLY HIJACKED VESSELS.

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.
Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

16 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.

M/V attacked in 01-12S 058-32E at 201439Z oct2011-10-20
Possible mothership activity in 01-42S 055-02E at 030739Z feb2011-02-03
Possible pirated M/V in 02-20S 053-31E at 250445Z jan2011-01-25
M/V attacked in 01-18S 052-47E at 181954Z nov2010-11-18
Two F/V hijacked vicinity denis island (03-48S 055-40E) at 282011Z oct2010-10-28
Possible mothership activity in 00-01N 054-00E at 270957Z may2010-05-27

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 2026-10-02 04:35Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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