Piracy

F/V attacked vicinity 02-23S 049-29E on 31 oct

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3078/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-11-13 00:01Z

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) · MRCC REUNION 311630Z OCT 11.. Issued 2011-10-31 16:50Z. 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 -2.383, 49.483. 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: 2011-10-31 16:50Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC REUNION 311630Z OCT 11.
issued by: MRCC REUNION
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -2.383, 49.483
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. F/V ATTACKED VICINITY 02-23S 049-29E ON 31 OCT.
   THIS AREA WILL REMAIN HIGH RISK FOR AT LEAST
   THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 13 NOV.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

27 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.

F/V attacked in 00-57S 048-39E at 210830Z apr2019-04-21
F/V attacked in 03-00S 048-28E at 062000Z nov2018-11-06
Possible piracy activity in area within 150 miles of 01-52S 049-23E2017-11-18
M/V attacked in vicinity 01-56S 047-57E at 170914Z nov2017-11-17
M/V attacked in 05-21S 049-18E at 260306Z mar2012-03-26
Possible mothership activity in 01-20S 049-35E at 271700Z nov2011-11-28

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 2026-09-29 04:42Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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