Piracy

M/V attacked vicinity 21-38N 059-59E at 041700Z apr

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 952/12

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 31/12 041800Z APR 12.. Issued 2012-04-04 18:37Z. 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 21.633, 59.983. 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: 2012-04-04 18:37Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 31/12 041800Z APR 12.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 21.633, 59.983
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PIRACY.
M/V ATTACKED VICINITY 21-38N 059-59E
AT 041700Z APR. 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

39 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 21-16-12N 059-45-42E at 291800Z jul2021-07-30
M/V attacked in 23-32N 060-26E at 010430Z jun2017-06-01
M/V reports possible piracy activity vicinity 22-31N 060-28E at 281015Z feb2014-02-28
M/V approached by pirates in 20-04.8N 058-58.0E at 250630Z feb2013-02-25
M/V attacked in 23-08N 060-49E on 22 feb2013-02-22
Vessel attacked in 20-29N 059-03E at 201200Z jun2012-06-20

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 00:25Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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