Piracy

Five pirates armed with knives boarded a M/V underway in 02-51.7N 105-06.1E at 011630Z aug

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1402/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-08-17 15:04Z

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 487/09 06 AUG 09.. Issued 2009-08-06 07:51Z. 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
South China Sea. The parsed report position is 2.862, 105.102. 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 1187/092009-06-27 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1194/092009-06-28 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1402/09 · this notice2009-08-06 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued
2009-08-06 07:51Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 487/09 06 AUG 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
2.862, 105.102
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 KNIVES BOARDED A
   M/V UNDERWAY IN 02-51.7N 105-06.1E AT
   011630Z AUG. ONE CREW MEMBER WAS INJURED
   BEFORE PIRATES WERE CHASED BACK TO THEIR
   BOAT AND ESCAPED. CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 20 AUG.

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.
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

154 within 180 nm since 2006 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 01:13Z; 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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