Piracy

M/V possibly attacked by pirates in 03-22S 059-44E at 281710Z dec

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2434/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-01-09 10:02Z

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 12/10 282159Z DEC 09.. Issued 2009-12-28 22:32Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -3.367, 59.733. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued: 2009-12-28 22:32Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 12/10 282159Z DEC 09.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -3.367, 59.733
vessel: M/V POSSIBLY · 8 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

M/V POSSIBLY ATTACKED BY PIRATES IN 03-22S 059-44E
AT 281710Z DEC. ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE VESSEL HAVE
BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. VESSELS PASSING WITHIN 100 MILES
ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO
UKMTO DUBAI, PHONE: 9 715 0552 3215, E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE
OR MSCHOA, E-MAIL: OPSCENTRE@MSCHOA.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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

8 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.

M/V attacked in 04-18S 059-59E2012-02-08
M/V attacked in 01-12S 058-32E at 201439Z oct2011-10-20
M/V orna hijacked in 01-46S 060-32E at 201129Z dec2010-12-20
Mothership activity in 01-40S 057-37E at 160800Z apr2010-04-20
Mothership reported in 01-40S 057-37E at 160800Z apr2010-04-16
M/V attacked in 03-10S 062-06E at 120045Z mar2010-03-14

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 2026-09-28 17:18Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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