Piracy

Vessel attacked in 01-16.58N 104-14.57E at 01-16.58N 104-14.57E

Singapore Strait · HYDROPAC 3419/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-11-28 04:05Z

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 439/20 210256Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-21 04:05Z. 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 1.276, 104.243. 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 3143/202020-10-27 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 3419/20 · this notice2020-11-21 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 3544/202020-12-01 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Singapore Strait →

issued
2020-11-21 04:05Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-11-28 04:05Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 439/20 210256Z NOV 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Singapore Strait
position
1.276, 104.243
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SINGAPORE STRAIT.
MALAYSIA.
DNC 03.
1. VESSEL ATTACKED IN 01-16.58N 104-14.57E
   AT 01-16.58N 104-14.57E. VESSELS ARE ADVISED
   TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION
   AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280405Z NOV 20.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

149 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 17:19Z; 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.