M/V attacked in 02-44N 007-05E at 271600Z mar
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1131/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-03-27 19:39Z
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 107/20 271842Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-27 19:09Z. 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 2.733, 7.083. 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
- M/V attacked in 02-44N 006-05E at 271600Z marcancelled by this notice
- M/V attacked in 02-45.6N 006-55.3E at 271700Z marlater cancellation notice
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.
- HYDROLANT 1130/202020-03-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1131/20 · this notice2020-03-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1132/202020-03-27 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2020-03-27 19:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-04-03 19:09Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 107/20 271842Z MAR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 2.733, 7.083
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. NIGERIA. DNC 01. 1. M/V ATTACKED IN 02-44N 007-05E AT 271600Z MAR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO NAVAREA II, PHONE: 332 9822 8888, 332 5631 2424, FAX: 332 5631 2584, E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG, COORD.NAVAREA2@SHOM.FR. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1130/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 031909Z APR 20.
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.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- 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
196 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- Multiple vessels attacked in vicinity 04-00.10N 009-38.00E at 302245Z jun2023-07-02
- 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 attacked in 02-46N 008-45E at 131007Z dec2022-12-13
- M/V attacked in 02-25.00N 008-24.00E at 120250Z dec2022-12-12
- 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
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
- Aids to navigationNav aids · 86.4 nm
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 94.6 nm
- Dangerous wreck in 04-18.50N 007-02.20EWrecks · 94.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 17:51Z; 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.