Piracy

M/V eglantine pirated vicinity 07-37N 056-12E at 300732Z mar

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 917/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-04-14 09:37Z

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 29/12 301126Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-30 11:48Z. 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 7.617, 56.200. 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: 2012-03-30 11:48Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 29/12 301126Z MAR 12.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Indian Ocean
position: 7.617, 56.200
vessel: M/V EGLANTINE PIRATED
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 EGLANTINE PIRATED VICINITY 07-37N 056-12E AT 300732Z MAR.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 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

26 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.

Vessel boarded by six pirates in vicinity 06-47.00N 057-32.00E2024-01-04
Vessel boarded by pirates in 05-54.00N 054-12.00E on 04 jan2024-01-04
F/V attacked vicinity 06-16N 053-50E at 221105Z nov 152015-11-22
M/V attacked in 08-05N 056-18E at 070405Z may2012-05-07
M/V attacked in 08-08N 056-18E at 070350Z may2012-05-07
M/V attacked in 05-47N 053-50E at 171120Z mar2012-03-17

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 2026-09-24 23:08Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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