Piracy/armed robbery attack vicinity 02-53.0S 107-18.0E at 161305Z apr
Java Sea · HYDROPAC 686/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-04-17 12:32Z
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) · NAVAREA XI 147/06 170647Z APR 06.. Issued 2006-04-17 09:39Z. 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
- Java Sea. The parsed report position is -2.883, 107.300. 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
- Prn 24 unusable 201530Z to 210330Z aprlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2006-04-17 09:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 147/06 170647Z APR 06.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Java Sea
- position
- -2.883, 107.300
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PIRACY/ARMED ROBBERY ATTACK VICINITY 02-53.0S 107-18.0E AT 161305Z APR. FOUR ARMED ROBBERS BOARDED M/V UNDERWAY. CREW UNHARMED. REPELLED BY FIRE ALARM. CAUTION ADVISED.
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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
6 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.
- Vessels boarded by armed robbers in: a. 01-07.70N 103-29.70E at 191910Z feb2024-02-20
- M/V attacked in 05-33.6S 106-59.2E at 141505Z dec2010-12-16
- Vessel attacked in 01-01.7S 106-40.0E at 151905Z nov2010-11-17
- M/V attacked in 02-06.2S 108-45.6E at 141950Z oct2010-10-16
- Vessel attacked in 03-03.5S 107-18.4E at 180617Z jul2010-07-21
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 20:21Z; 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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