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Five pirates armed with long knives and swords in a five meter wooden boat approached a tug towing a barge…

2 messages · 2009-07-02 to 2009-07-16

status: closed 2009-07-16 00:00Z
opened: 2009-07-02 04:19Z
sea: Singapore Strait
position: 1.148, 103.752
joined by: proximity (same type, same sea, within 30 nm and 30 days)
key: piracy:HYDROPAC-1212/2009

Timeline · 2 messages, oldest first

HYDROPAC 1212/092009-07-02 04:19Z → cancelled 2009-07-16 00:00Z (archive)

Small vessel carrying seven pirates, armed with automatic weapons, attacked a salvage tug underway in 01-08N…

1. SMALL VESSEL CARRYING SEVEN PIRATES, ARMED
   WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, ATTACKED A SALVAGE
   TUG UNDERWAY IN 01-08N 103-35E AT 220800Z JUN.
   CREW MEMBERS LOCKED THEMSELVES IN CABINS.
   THREE PIRATES BOARDED THE VESSEL BUT WERE
   UNABLE TO ENTER CABINS, LEFT THE VESSEL
   AND ARE REPORTED TO BE HEADED SOUTH.
   CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 JUL.

HYDROPAC 1300/092009-07-19 06:47Z → cancelled 2009-07-02 00:01Z (archive)

Five pirates armed with long knives and swords in a five meter wooden boat approached a tug towing a barge…

1. FIVE PIRATES ARMED WITH LONG KNIVES AND
   SWORDS IN A FIVE METER WOODEN BOAT
   APPROACHED A TUG TOWING A BARGE UNDERWAY
   IN 01-08.9N 103-45.1E AT 111900Z JUL.
   FOUR PIRATES BOARDED THE TUG AND TIED
   UP THE CREW. THEY STOLE SHIP'S PROPERTIES,
   CREW PERSONAL BELONGINGS, CASH AND ESCAPED.
   NO INJURIES TO CREW. CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 AUG.

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