Possible mothership activity in 16-10N 055-16E at 071410Z dec
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3413/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-12-17 11:12Z
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 070441Z DEC 11.. Issued 2011-12-07 09:30Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 16.167, 55.267. 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 3212/112011-11-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3413/11 · this notice2011-12-07 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2011-12-07 09:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 070441Z DEC 11.
- issued by
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 16.167, 55.267
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. PIRACY. POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY IN 16-10N 055-16E AT 071410Z DEC. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
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
61 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.
- M/V approached by pirates in 13-30.00N 054-05.00E at 281320Z apr2024-04-29
- M/V approached by pirates in 14-20.00N 054-44.00E at 200200Z mar2024-03-21
- M/V attacked in 14-28.00N 053-29.00E at 210811Z mar2024-03-21
- M/V attacked in 15-05.7N 052-29.0E at 281236Z sep2017-09-28
- Vessel attacked in 15-55.5N 052-20.7E at 140652Z apr2017-04-14
- M/V reports approach by suspicious vessels in 14-20N 053-11E at 090315Z apr2017-04-10
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 2026-10-02 07:47Z; 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.