Piracy

M/V attacked in 18-10N 057-21E at 171937Z feb

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 460/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-02-18 10:46Z

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 11/12 172215 FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-17 22:39Z. 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
Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 18.167, 57.350. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

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  1. HYDROPAC 460/12 · this notice2012-02-17 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 464/122012-02-18 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 605/122012-03-01 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Arabian Sea →

issued
2012-02-17 22:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MSCHOA REQ 11/12 172215 FEB 12.
issued by
MSCHOA REQ
sea
Arabian Sea
position
18.167, 57.350
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN ARABIAN SEA.
OMAN.
PIRACY.
M/V ATTACKED IN 18-10N 057-21E AT 171937Z 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

40 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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21

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 01:35Z; 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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