Piracy

M/V attacked in 12-05.54N 045-24.39E at 180505Z dec

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 3932/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-12-21 10:47Z

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) · HERRADOR 181238Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-18 14:09Z. 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: Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 12.092, 45.407. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2013-12-18 14:09Z
status: Archived notice
authority: HERRADOR 181238Z DEC 13.
issued by: HERRADOR
sea: Gulf of Aden
position: 12.092, 45.407
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF ADEN.
PIRACY.
M/V ATTACKED IN 12-05.54N 045-24.39E AT 180505Z DEC.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

86 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 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.

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M/V attacked in 12-38.65N 048-24.06E at 100457Z may2024-05-10
M/V attacked in 11-49.00N 044-38.00E on 06 mar2024-03-06
Vessel attacked by drone in 12-42.72N 043-18.92E on 19 feb2024-02-20
Vessel attacked in 11-59.00N 044-30.00E on 06 feb2024-02-06
M/V approached by pirates in 11-32.00N 048-01.00E2024-01-28

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 2026-10-03 20:36Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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