Piracy

F/V attacked in 11-52N 051-18E at 280746Z mar

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 864/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-04-06 09:43Z

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 5/13 280835Z MAR 13.. Issued 2013-03-28 09:30Z. 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 11.867, 51.300. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2013-03-28 09:30Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 5/13 280835Z MAR 13.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 11.867, 51.300
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF ADEN.
SOMALIA-NORTHEAST COAST.
PIRACY.
F/V ATTACKED IN 11-52N 051-18E AT 280746Z MAR.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS
POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.

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

99 within 180 nm since 2003 · 1 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 hijacked in 14-32.00N 051-28.50E by six pirates2026-08-20
M/V attacked in 12-38.65N 048-24.06E at 100457Z may2024-05-10
F/V hijacked in vicinity 11-28.32N 049-52.43E on 02 jan2024-01-02
Piracy activity reported in vicinity 11-17.48N 049-10.73E at 210900Z dec2021-12-21
Vessel attacked in 13-43.00N 050-37.40E at 171230Z may2020-05-18
M/V approached by pirates in 13-57N 051-43E at 310535Z mar2018-03-31

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 2026-10-01 08:50Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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