Piracy

Mothership activity vicinity 06-50N 065-00E

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2061/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-10-16 09:24Z

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) · KRISTIAN THOMPSON 051911Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-05 19:39Z. 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 6.833, 65.000. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2010-10-05 19:39Z
status: Archived notice
authority: KRISTIAN THOMPSON 051911Z OCT 10.
issued by: KRISTIAN THOMPSON
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 6.833, 65.000
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY VICINITY 06-50N 065-00E.
THIS AREA WILL REMAIN HIGH RISK FOR AT LEAST
24-48 HOURS. CAUTION ADVISED.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

13 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 09-00N 066-27E at 231015Z mar2011-03-23
M/V attacked in 04-20N 066-20E at 301640Z jan2011-01-30
M/V attacked in 06-11N 067-25E at 110542Z dec2010-12-11
M/V attacked in 05-09N 066-42E at 160245Z nov2010-11-16
Possible pirate activity in 06-15N 064-44E at 100558Z nov2010-11-10
M/V attacked in 06-03N 065-00E at 090834Z nov2010-11-09

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 02:29Z; 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.