Piracy

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

Singapore Strait · HYDROPAC 1212/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-07-16 00:00Z

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) · NAVAREA XI 420/09 02 JUL 09.. Issued 2009-07-02 04:19Z. 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
Singapore Strait. The parsed report position is 1.133, 103.583. 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

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.

  1. HYDROPAC 1212/09 · this notice2009-07-02 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1300/092009-07-19 · Archived notice
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issued
2009-07-02 04:19Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 420/09 02 JUL 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Singapore Strait
position
1.133, 103.583
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

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.

Reading this warning

Piracy and armed robbery
Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

147 within 180 nm since 2006 · 4 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 23:50Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea. All current piracy & armed robbery reports →

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