Piracy

M/V pirated in 13-48N 051-25E (220 miles off socotra) on 16 jul

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2053/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-07-30 09:22Z

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 170930Z JUL 11.. Issued 2011-07-17 10:24Z. 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 13.800, 51.417. 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 messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROPAC 2051/112011-07-17 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2053/11 · this notice2011-07-17 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Arabian Sea →

issued
2011-07-17 10:24Z
status
Archived notice
authority
IMBPC 170930Z JUL 11.
issued by
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea
Arabian Sea
position
13.800, 51.417
vessel
M/V PIRATED · 15 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
GULF OF ADEN.
PIRACY.
1. M/V PIRATED IN 13-48N 051-25E (220 MILES
   OFF SOCOTRA) ON 16 JUL. VESSELS ARE ADVISED
   TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS POSITION
   AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS
   TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, TELEX: 34199,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2051/11(61,62,63).

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

102 within 180 nm since 2007 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:54Z; 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 →

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