Piracy

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

Singapore Strait · HYDROPAC 1300/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-07-02 00:01Z

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 453/09 19 JUL 09.. Issued 2009-07-19 06:47Z. 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 1.148, 103.752. 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

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  1. HYDROPAC 1212/092009-07-02 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1300/09 · this notice2009-07-19 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Singapore Strait →

issued
2009-07-19 06:47Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 453/09 19 JUL 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Singapore Strait
position
1.148, 103.752
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

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.

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

148 within 180 nm since 2006 · 3 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 2026-10-01 11:29Z; 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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