Possible mothership activity in 02-43N 055-20E at 210720Z nov
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2525/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-04 10:28Z
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 211045Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-21 11:38Z. 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 2.717, 55.333. 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 2524/102010-11-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2525/10 · this notice2010-11-21 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-11-21 11:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 211045Z NOV 10.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 2.717, 55.333
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. PIRACY. POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY IN 02-43N 055-20E AT 210720Z NOV. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, TELEX: 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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
28 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.
- M/V reports possible piracy activity in 01-27.00N 054-53.00E at 120953Z mar2024-03-13
- M/V attacked in 01-27.00N 054-53.00E at 120853Z mar2024-03-12
- M/V attacked in 04-28.1N 053-22.2E at 220655Z oct2016-10-22
- F/V attacked in 04-09N 056-49E at 140700Z oct2013-10-14
- Possible mothership activity in 02-10N 052-41E at 201030Z nov2012-11-20
- Possible mothership activity in 04-49N 054-47E at 241949Z apr2012-04-24
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 2026-10-03 21:10Z; 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.