MV irene E.M hijacked vicinity 12-54N 048-15E at 140826Z apr, approximately 100 miles south of al mukala,…
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 748/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-04-14 18:15Z
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) · ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 141317Z APR 09.. Issued 2009-04-14 13:34Z. 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 12.900, 48.250. 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
- M/V liberty sun attacked by pirates vicinity 02-38S 046-25E at 141510Z aprlater cancellation notice
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- HYDROPAC 748/09 · this notice2009-04-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 750/092009-04-14 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2009-04-14 13:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY 141317Z APR 09.
- issued by
- ONI SPECIAL ADVISORY
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 12.900, 48.250
- vessel
- MV IRENE E.M
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. MV IRENE E.M HIJACKED VICINITY 12-54N 048-15E AT 140826Z APR, APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES SOUTH OF AL MUKALA, YEMEN IN THE GULF OF ADEN. THE PROBABILITY OF ADDITIONAL ATTACKS IN THE AREA IS HIGH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 17 APR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
108 within 180 nm since 2007 · 2 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 possibly hijacked in 13-23.00N 047-55.00E2026-09-10
- M/V hijacked in vicinity balhaf (14-00.20N 048-10.46E) at 100918Z sep2026-09-10
- M/V attacked in 12-38.65N 048-24.06E at 100457Z may2024-05-10
- M/V approached by pirates in 11-32.00N 048-01.00E2024-01-28
- M/V attacked by drone in 11-58.00N 045-31.00E on 17 jan2024-01-18
- F/V hijacked in vicinity 11-28.32N 049-52.43E on 02 jan2024-01-02
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 2026-09-29 14:43Z; source collection times vary.
Piracy
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