M/V polar conducting mothership operations in 03-11S 051-31E at 291540Z dec
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2974/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-30 07:52Z
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 316/10 291652Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-29 17:13Z. 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 -3.183, 51.517. 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
- M/V polar conducting mothership operations in 14-28S 055-15E at 260802Z deccancelled by this notice
- M/V polar conducting mothership operations in 00-13S 050-30E at 300448Z declater cancellation notice
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 2919/102010-12-26 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2944/102010-12-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2974/10 · this notice2010-12-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2979/102010-12-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2985/102010-12-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2993/102010-12-31 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-12-29 17:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MSCHOA REQ 316/10 291652Z DEC 10.
- issued by
- MSCHOA REQ
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -3.183, 51.517
- vessel
- M/V POLAR · 74 messages
- 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. M/V POLAR CONDUCTING MOTHERSHIP OPERATIONS IN 03-11S 051-31E AT 291540Z DEC. 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 2919/10.
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.
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
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 piracy activity in area within 150 miles of 01-52S 049-23E2017-11-18
- Possible mothership activity in 01-20S 049-35E at 271700Z nov2011-11-28
- Possible mothership activity in 02-52S 048-37E at 261010Z nov2011-11-26
- F/V attacked in 01-21S 052-21E at 010936Z nov2011-11-01
- F/V attacked vicinity 02-23S 049-29E on 31 oct2011-10-31
- M/V attacked in 02-51S 048-40E at 231200Z apr2011-04-23
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 08:17Z; 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.