M/V attacked in 25-57N 057-39E at 060555Z apr
Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 978/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-04-06 08:44Z
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 32/12 060736Z APR 12.. Issued 2012-04-06 07:54Z. 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 Oman. The parsed report position is 25.950, 57.650. 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 attacked in 25-28N 057-32E at 060555Z aprlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 978/12 · this notice2012-04-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 980/122012-04-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1264/122012-05-04 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1448/122012-05-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1596/122012-06-07 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2012-04-06 07:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MSCHOA REQ 32/12 060736Z APR 12.
- issued by
- MSCHOA REQ
- sea
- Gulf of Oman
- position
- 25.950, 57.650
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF OMAN. PIRACY. M/V ATTACKED IN 25-57N 057-39E AT 060555Z 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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
22 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 reports possible piracy activity in vicinity 25-25.1N 057-37.0E at 130400Z jun2019-06-13
- M/V approached by pirates in 24-57N 057-42E on 12 dec2017-12-14
- M/V attacked in vicinity 24-51N 058-33E at 222030Z nov2017-11-23
- M/V approached by pirates in 25-31N 057-25E at 11120Z jul2017-07-11
- M/V attacked in 25-32N 057-33E at 071440Z may2017-05-07
- Guidance to vessels operating in or near the strait of hormuz2015-05-01
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
- Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 19.8 nm
- Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 60.2 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 69.7 nm
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 75.6 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 86.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:58Z; source collection times vary.
Piracy
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