Piracy

Possible mothership activity in 01-42S 055-02E at 030739Z feb

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 404/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-02-12 10:16Z

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 90/11 031417Z FEB 11.. Issued 2011-02-03 14:32Z. 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 -1.700, 55.033. 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: 2011-02-03 14:32Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 90/11 031417Z FEB 11.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -1.700, 55.033
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY IN 01-42S 055-02E
AT 030739Z FEB. 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

16 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 01-21S 052-21E at 010936Z nov2011-11-01
Possible pirated M/V in 02-20S 053-31E at 250445Z jan2011-01-25
M/V attacked in 01-18S 052-47E at 181954Z nov2010-11-18
Two F/V hijacked vicinity denis island (03-48S 055-40E) at 282011Z oct2010-10-28
Possible mothership activity in 00-01N 054-00E at 270957Z may2010-05-27
Possible mothership activity in 00-24S 054-23EE at 111040Z may2010-05-11

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 03:55Z; 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.