A merchant vessel reported coming under fire in 01-08S 062-28E (approximately 470 miles northeast of port…
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2157/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-11-28 11:17Z
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 201615Z NOV 09.. Issued 2009-11-20 16:31Z. 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 -1.133, 62.467. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2009-11-20 16:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 201615Z NOV 09.
- issued by
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -1.133, 62.467
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
A MERCHANT VESSEL REPORTED COMING UNDER FIRE IN 01-08S 062-28E (APPROXIMATELY 470 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES) AT 201530Z NOV. THE VESSEL WAS ATTACKED BY ARMED MEN ON BOARD A SKIFF WITH AK-47S AND RPGS. THE SECOND OFFICER WAS REPORTEDLY INJURED BY A PIECE OF SHRAPNEL AND WILL REQUIRE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. MARINERS ARE WARNED TO STAY CLEAR OF THIS AREA AS IT WILL REMAIN HIGH RISK FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN CONDUCIVE TO SMALL BOAT OPERATIONS DURING THIS TIME. 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
13 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
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- Distress signal received in 00-30N 064-00E at 162215Z apr2022-04-17
- Three vessels unreported in: a. F/V lu quing yuan yu 115 last known position in 02-24.39S 060-45.25E2021-10-07
- 40 foot F/V pushpa rajini 15, dark blue, light blue and white hull, five persons on board, disabled and…2019-02-25
- 24 meter F/V sheng tsai fa, white hull, 13 persons on board, in need of assistance due to loss of captain…2017-05-11
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 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 18:21Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.