Vessel attacked in 04-36S 039-57E at 160642Z nov
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2470/10
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) · ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 161017Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-16 10:38Z. 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 -4.600, 39.950. 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 2099/102010-10-10 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2200/102010-10-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2287/102010-10-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2296/102010-10-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2470/10 · this notice2010-11-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2471/102010-11-16 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-11-16 10:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 161017Z NOV 10.
- issued by
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -4.600, 39.950
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. KENYA. PIRACY. VESSEL ATTACKED IN 04-36S 039-57E AT 160642Z NOV. THIS AREA WILL REMAIN HIGH RISK FOR AT LEAST 24-48 HOURS. CAUTION ADVISED.
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
31 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 05-20.0S 042-40.8E at 030655Z nov2011-11-03
- F/V attacked in 06-27S 040-08E at 172114Z oct2011-10-17
- M/V attacked in 05-01S 040-03E at 161057Z oct2011-10-16
- M/V attacked in 06-01S 042-20E at 061620Z oct2011-10-06
- M/V attacked in 03-54.6S 041-04.7E at 171137Z sep2011-09-17
- M/V attacked vicinity 07-01S 041-22E at 300430Z apr2011-04-30
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 23:09Z; 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.