The anti piracy patrol-indian naval ship mysore (mys) identified a potential high threat from pirate attack…
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 2386/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-01-17 10:36Z
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 RECEIVED FROM K.DOMINIC E-MAIL 03 DEC 08.. Issued 2008-12-03 18:37Z. 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 13.650, 48.917. 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.
- HYDROLANT 2080/082008-12-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2386/08 · this notice2008-12-03 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2008-12-03 18:37Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY RECEIVED FROM K.DOMINIC E-MAIL 03 DEC 08.
- issued by
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY RECEIVED FROM K.DOMINIC E-MAIL
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 13.650, 48.917
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. THE ANTI PIRACY PATROL-INDIAN NAVAL SHIP MYSORE (MYS)
IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL HIGH THREAT FROM PIRATE ATTACK
IN LOCATION 13-39N 048-55E.
2. THE SHIP ENCOUNTERED A CONCENTRATION OF SMALL CRAFT
WITHIN 10 NM OF 13-39N 048-55E AT 030800Z DEC.
THE BOATS WERE INVESTIGATED BY THE SHIPS HELICOPTER
AND THE FOLLOWING EMERGED:
A. GROUPS OF SKIFFS OPERATING TOGETHER. GROUP BROKE OFF IN
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON APPROACH OF HELICOPTER.
B. ALL SKIFFS OPERATING AT HIGH SPEEDS.
C. IN EXCESS OF FIVE PERSONNEL ON MOST SKIFFS.
3. RECOMMEND VESSELS BE ADVISED TO OBSERVE ALL ANTI PIRACY
MEASURES IN ABOVE AREA.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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
112 within 180 nm since 2007 · 3 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 hijacked in 14-32.00N 051-28.50E by six pirates2026-08-20
- 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
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 04:39Z; 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.