M/V attacked in 12-17N 044-10E at 040822Z jan
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 23/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-01-14 10:40Z
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) · IMBPC 040855Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-04 09:32Z. 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 12.283, 44.167. 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 3347/112011-11-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 23/12 · this notice2012-01-04 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2012-01-04 09:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 040855Z JAN 12.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 12.283, 44.167
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF ADEN. PIRACY. M/V ATTACKED IN 12-17N 044-10E AT 040822Z JAN. VESSELS REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT AND EXERCISE CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, TELEX: MA 34199, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
92 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 11-49.00N 044-38.00E on 06 mar2024-03-06
- Vessel attacked by drone in 12-42.72N 043-18.92E on 19 feb2024-02-20
- Vessel attacked in 11-59.00N 044-30.00E on 06 feb2024-02-06
- Vessel attacked in 14-19.53N 042-14.43E at 060335Z feb2024-02-06
- M/V attacked by drone in 11-58.00N 045-31.00E on 17 jan2024-01-18
- M/V approached by pirates in 14-50.00N 042-34.20E at 270545Z jun2023-06-27
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 05:33Z; 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.