Piracy

M/V attacked in 07-20S 048-37E at 091405Z nov

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3490/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-11-11 14:43Z

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 091455Z NOV 13.. Issued 2013-11-09 16:01Z. 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 -7.333, 48.617. 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 3490/13 · this notice2013-11-09 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 3500/132013-11-11 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Indian Ocean →

issued
2013-11-09 16:01Z
status
Archived notice
authority
IMBPC 091455Z NOV 13.
issued by
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-7.333, 48.617
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
M/V ATTACKED IN 07-20S 048-37E AT 091405Z NOV.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION
AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB
PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, PHONE: 603 2031 0014,
FAX: 603 2078 5769, E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG,
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

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

09
10
13

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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A
M
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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 2026-10-01 16:30Z; 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 →

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