Piracy

Possible pirate action group in 05-06N 049-13E at 151621Z dec

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3504/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-12-24 10:45Z

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 300/11 151751Z DEC 11.. Issued 2011-12-15 18:03Z. 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 5.100, 49.217. 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: 2011-12-15 18:03Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 300/11 151751Z DEC 11.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Indian Ocean
position: 5.100, 49.217
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOMALIA.
PIRACY.
POSSIBLE PIRATE ACTION GROUP IN 05-06N 049-13E AT
151621Z 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.

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

40 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 hijacked in jifle (07-28.20N 049-41.30E) by 11 armed pirates and headed east2024-03-03
Two vessels hijacked in vicinity eyl (07-58.00N 049-51.00E) at 240130Z dec2023-12-24
Vessel attacked in vicinity eyl, somalia (07-57.45N 049-51.37E) at 221630Z dec2023-12-22
M/V attacked in 03-26N 050-27E at 222100Z feb2018-02-22
M/V attacked in 05-39N 048-57E at 221610Z apr2017-04-22
Somalia DNC 022017-04-03

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 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 →

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