M/V attacked in 01-29.4N 004-38.0E at 230900Z apr
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1126/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-04-30 11:28Z
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 II 167/21 231120Z APR 21.. Issued 2021-04-23 11:28Z. 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
- Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 1.490, 4.633. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2021-04-23 11:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-04-30 11:28Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 167/21 231120Z APR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 1.490, 4.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. DNC 01. 1. M/V ATTACKED IN 01-29.4N 004-38.0E AT 230900Z APR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO MDAT-GOG, PHONE: 332 9822 8888, E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301128Z APR 21.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
139 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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.
- Possible pirate attack reported in vicinity of trackline joining 01-42.00N 009-30.00E, 03-25.00N 005-12.00E2023-06-27
- M/V approached by pirates in area within 15 miles of 03-01.18N 006-58.25E at 082300Z aug2022-08-09
- Piracy activity reported in area bound by 02-30.00N 005-00.00E, 02-30.00N 007-30.00E, 00-00.00N 007-30.00E,…2022-06-24
- M/V attacked in 02-13N 004-50E at 250851Z oct2021-10-25
- M/V approached by pirates in 02-56N 002-41E at 061619Z jun2021-06-06
- M/V attacked in 02-49N 002-31E at 061700Z jun2021-06-06
Month of issue in the collected archive
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 2026-10-02 02:09Z; 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.