Piracy

Possible pirated M/V in 02-20S 053-31E at 250445Z jan

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 294/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-29 10:30Z

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 77/11 250705Z JAN 11.. Issued 2011-01-25 08:06Z. 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 -2.333, 53.517. 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 messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROPAC 267/112011-01-22 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 294/11 · this notice2011-01-25 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2011-01-25 08:06Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MSCHOA REQ 77/11 250705Z JAN 11.
issued by
MSCHOA REQ
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-2.333, 53.517
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
1. POSSIBLE PIRATED M/V IN 02-20S 053-31E AT
   250445Z JAN. 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.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 267/11.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

20 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

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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 2026-09-25 00:00Z; 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.