Piracy

M/V attacked in vicinity 24-51N 058-33E at 222030Z nov

Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 4077/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-11-30 03:10Z

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 9/17 230302Z NOV 17.. Issued 2017-11-23 03:10Z. 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 Oman. The parsed report position is 24.850, 58.550. 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: 2017-11-23 03:10Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-11-30 03:10Z
authority: MSCHOA REQ 9/17 230302Z NOV 17.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Gulf of Oman
position: 24.850, 58.550
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
IRAN.
DNC 10.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN VICINITY 24-51N 058-33E
   AT 222030Z NOV. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO
   KEEP CLEAR OF THIS AREA AND TO EXERCISE
   EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO MSCHOA REQ,
   PHONE: 9715 0552 3215, E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 300310Z 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

28 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.

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M/V approached by pirates in 24-57N 057-42E on 12 dec2017-12-14
M/V approached by pirates in 25-31N 057-25E at 11120Z jul2017-07-11
M/V attacked in 23-32N 060-26E at 010430Z jun2017-06-01
M/V attacked in 25-32N 057-33E at 071440Z may2017-05-07
Guidance to vessels operating in or near the strait of hormuz2015-05-01

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

Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 63.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:08Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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