Piracy

Possible mothership activity in 12-30N 048-46E at 221300Z jul

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 2091/11

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) · ONI 221949Z JUL 11.. Issued 2011-07-22 20:19Z. 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: Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 12.500, 48.767. 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: 2011-07-22 20:19Z
status: Archived notice
authority: ONI 221949Z JUL 11.
issued by: ONI
sea: Gulf of Aden
position: 12.500, 48.767
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOMALIA.
PIRACY.
POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY IN
12-30N 048-46E AT 221300Z JUL.
MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY CLEAR
OF THIS HIGH RISK AREA FOR THE
NEXT 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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

107 within 180 nm since 2007 · 2 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 possibly hijacked in 13-23.00N 047-55.00E2026-09-10
M/V hijacked in vicinity balhaf (14-00.20N 048-10.46E) at 100918Z sep2026-09-10
M/V attacked in 12-38.65N 048-24.06E at 100457Z may2024-05-10
M/V approached by pirates in 11-32.00N 048-01.00E2024-01-28
F/V hijacked in vicinity 11-28.32N 049-52.43E on 02 jan2024-01-02
Piracy activity reported in vicinity 11-17.48N 049-10.73E at 210900Z dec2021-12-21

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 23:55Z; 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.