Piracy

Vessel attacked in 03-05N 105-24E at 171950Z aug

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1686/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-08-28 13:53Z

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 616/10 19 AUG 10.. Issued 2010-08-19 02:53Z. 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 3.083, 105.400. 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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  3. HYDROPAC 1665/102010-08-17 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 1666/102010-08-17 · Archived notice
  5. HYDROPAC 1675/102010-08-18 · Archived notice
  6. HYDROPAC 1682/102010-08-18 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued
2010-08-19 02:53Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 616/10 19 AUG 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
3.083, 105.400
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PIRACY.
1. VESSEL ATTACKED IN 03-05N 105-24E
   AT 171950Z AUG. CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 SEP.

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

155 within 180 nm since 2006 · 4 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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:52Z; 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 →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.