M/vs attacked in: a. 12-42.47N 043-19.27E on 18 feb
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 581/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-02-22 13:15Z
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) · UKMTO 0/24 191313Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-19 13:25Z. 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 12.621, 44.961. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2024-02-19 13:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-02-22 13:15Z
- authority
- UKMTO 0/24 191313Z FEB 24.
- issued by
- UKMTO
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 12.621, 44.961
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF ADEN. RED SEA. YEMEN. DNC 10. 1. M/VS ATTACKED IN: A. 12-42.47N 043-19.27E ON 18 FEB. B. 12-32.00N 046-36.00E ON 19 FEB. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO UKMTO, PHONE: 440 239 222 2060, E-MAIL: INFO@UKMTO.ORG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221315Z FEB 24.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
11 within 180 nm since 1995 · 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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- Maritime alert 2017-001A2017-01-31
- An operation will be conducted by the combined maritime forces (cmf) and the regional states within the bab…2013-11-03
- An operation will be conducted by the combined maritime forces (cmf) and the regional states within the bab…2013-11-03
- Bombing exercises 220001Z to 312359Z dec in areas bound by: a. 13-13-14N 047-13-25E, 13-04-00N 047-16-34E,…2009-12-21
- M/V a elephant on fire in 12-20.9N 043-46.0E at 130514Z jul2009-07-13
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:57Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.