Piracy

Pirate action group in 01-00S 052-06E at 130938Z nov

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2457/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-11-27 10:27Z

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 219/10 131014Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-13 10:39Z. 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 -1.000, 52.100. 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: 2010-11-13 10:39Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 219/10 131014Z NOV 10.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -1.000, 52.100
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
PIRATE ACTION GROUP IN 01-00S 052-06E AT 130938Z NOV.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

28 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 00-49N 050-53E at 161234Z oct2018-10-16
Possible piracy activity in area within 150 miles of 01-52S 049-23E2017-11-18
F/V reports possible piracy activity in 01-49N 051-11E2013-05-06
M/V attacked vicinity 00-26N 050-39E at 101210Z oct2012-10-10
Possible mothership activity in 01-20S 049-35E at 271700Z nov2011-11-28
F/V attacked in 01-21S 052-21E at 010936Z nov2011-11-01

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 2026-09-24 23:57Z; 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 →

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