Piracy

M/V attacked in vicinity 01-56S 047-57E at 170914Z nov

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 4003/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-11-24 15:55Z

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 8/17 171347Z NOV 17.. Issued 2017-11-17 15:55Z. 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 -1.933, 47.950. 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: 2017-11-17 15:55Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-11-24 15:55Z
authority: MSCHOA REQ 8/17 171347Z NOV 17.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -1.933, 47.950
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 02.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN VICINITY 01-56S 047-57E AT
   170914Z NOV. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
   CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
   EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO UKMTO DUBAI,
   PHONE: 9715 0552 3215, E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241555Z NOV 17.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
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

32 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
F/V attacked in 01-37S 046-00E at 120235Z jan2012-01-12
Possible mothership activity in 01-20S 049-35E at 271700Z nov2011-11-28
Possible mothership activity in 02-52S 048-37E at 261010Z nov2011-11-26

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 2026-10-01 15:35Z; 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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