M/V attacked in 04-14S 041-19E at 231235Z oct
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2220/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-11-06 09:32Z
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) · MSCHOA REQ 177/10 231520Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-23 15:38Z. 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 -4.233, 41.317. 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 reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 2220/10 · this notice2010-10-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2439/102010-11-12 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-10-23 15:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MSCHOA REQ 177/10 231520Z OCT 10.
- issued by
- MSCHOA REQ
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -4.233, 41.317
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. KENYA. PIRACY. M/V ATTACKED IN 04-14S 041-19E AT 231235Z OCT. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO UKMTO DUBAI, PHONE: 97 150 552 3215, E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.
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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
44 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.
- Possible mothership activity in 01-34.4S 041-48.5E at 031400Z mar2014-03-03
- M/V attacked in 04-04S 043-02E at 210536Z nov2011-11-21
- Possible mothership activity in 05-20.0S 042-40.8E at 030655Z nov2011-11-03
- M/V attacked in 04-20S 043-41E at 301254Z oct2011-10-30
- F/V attacked in 06-27S 040-08E at 172114Z oct2011-10-17
- M/V attacked in 05-01S 040-03E at 161057Z oct2011-10-16
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 02:54Z; 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 →
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.