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About six small unlit vessels chased a tanker underway vicinity 01-04.7N 103-38.5E at 281230Z dec

HYDROPAC 2437/09

issued: 2009-12-30 05:53Z
status: cancelled 2010-01-13 00:01Z (archive)
authority: NAVAREA XI 873/09 300150Z DEC 09.
sea: South China Sea
position: 1.078, 103.642
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ABOUT SIX SMALL UNLIT VESSELS CHASED A TANKER
   UNDERWAY VICINITY 01-04.7N 103-38.5E AT
   281230Z DEC. PIRATES ATTEMPTED TO BOARD. THE
   TANKER MADE EVASIVE MANEUVERS AND ENFORCED
   ANTI-PIRACY MEASURES TO PREVENT THE BOARDING.
   CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 13 JAN 10.

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