Piracy

A merchant vessel was reportedly attacked in 11-09S 061-35E at 090914Z nov, approximately 400 miles…

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2055/09

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 090532Z NOV 09.. Issued 2009-11-09 11:54Z. 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 -11.150, 61.583. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued: 2009-11-09 11:54Z
status: Archived notice
authority: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 090532Z NOV 09.
issued by: ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -11.150, 61.583
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

A MERCHANT VESSEL WAS REPORTEDLY ATTACKED IN 11-09S 061-35E
AT 090914Z NOV, APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEYCHELLES.
VESSEL REPORTED COMING UNDER ATTACK BY TWO SKIFFS. MASTER REPORTS
BULLET DAMAGE TO CAPTAIN'S CABIN AND BRIDGE. CAPTAIN REMAINS IN
COMMAND. NO CASUALTIES. VESSEL ALSO REPORTED BEING HIT BY AN RPG
AND WAS ON FIRE. THERE HAVE BEEN 12 PIRATE EVENTS IN THIS AREA
IN THE LAST 30 DAYS. ONI ASSESSES THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY
OF ATTACKS IN THIS AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR PIRACY
ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS PERIOD. CAUTION ADVISED.

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

3 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 11-56S 058-41E at 181451Z may2011-05-18
Pirate action group in 12-13S 060-24E at 240615Z apr2011-04-24

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 2026-09-24 23:08Z; 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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