Piracy

M/V attacked in 11-06S 046-07E at 021100Z apr

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 671/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-04-17 09:16Z

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 62/10 021243Z APR 10. Issued 2010-04-02 13:17Z. 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 -11.100, 46.117. 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: 2010-04-02 13:17Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 62/10 021243Z APR 10
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -11.100, 46.117
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
M/V ATTACKED IN 11-06S 046-07E AT 021100Z APR.
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

10 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.

M/V attacked in 12-16.1S 043-19.5E at 220850Z sep2011-09-22
M/V mekong river attacked in 12-47.52S 046-19.72E at 210636Z sep2011-09-21
Possible mothership activity vicinity 13-02.6S 046-50.5E2010-05-26
M/V attacked in 09-20S 044-32E at 041406Z apr2010-04-04
Possible mothership activity in 09-58S 044-02E at 220400Z mar2010-03-22
Possible pirate mothership activity in 08-58S 044-02E at 191228Z mar2010-03-19

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

NAVAREA VII 267 of 2026 : (23 sep 26) 1. indian ocean - sw sector - offshore mayotte 2. chart san 1 3. rv…Surveys · 110.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:18Z; 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.