Two F/V hijacked vicinity denis island (03-48S 055-40E) at 282011Z oct
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2286/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-10-29 13:42Z
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 187/10 282133Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-28 22:08Z. 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 -3.800, 55.667. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2286/10 and this msglater cancellation notice
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- HYDROPAC 2286/10 · this notice2010-10-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2295/102010-10-29 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-10-28 22:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MSCHOA REQ 187/10 282133Z OCT 10.
- issued by
- MSCHOA REQ
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -3.800, 55.667
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. SEYCHELLES. PIRACY. TWO F/V HIJACKED VICINITY DENIS ISLAND (03-48S 055-40E) AT 282011Z OCT. VESSELS TRANSITING THE AREA ARE ADVISED 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
10 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 01-42S 055-02E at 030739Z feb2011-02-03
- Possible pirated M/V in 02-20S 053-31E at 250445Z jan2011-01-25
- Mothership activity in 01-40S 057-37E at 160800Z apr2010-04-20
- Mothership reported in 01-40S 057-37E at 160800Z apr2010-04-16
- A fishing vessel was reportedly hijacked in 01-55S 055-53E, approximately 183 miles northeast of seychelles…2009-10-29
- Merchant vessel reported hijacked in 01-33S 054-52E at 150237Z oct, approximately 180 miles north northwest…2009-10-15
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 04:03Z; 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.