M/V attacked in 03-37N 007-07E at 070436Z apr
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1133/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-04-14 08:31Z
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 159/18 070810Z APR 18.. Issued 2018-04-07 08:31Z. 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 3.617, 7.117. 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 03-32N 007-13E at 070436Z aprcancelled by this 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 264/182018-01-24 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 467/182018-02-09 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 557/182018-02-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 597/182018-02-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 607/182018-02-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 625/182018-02-22 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2018-04-07 08:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-04-14 08:31Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 159/18 070810Z APR 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 3.617, 7.117
- 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 03-37N 007-07E AT 070436Z APR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, TELEX: MA 34199, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769, E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG AND AND MDAT-GOG, PHONE: 332 9822 8888 E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1132/18. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 140831Z APR 18.
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.
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- 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
190 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
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 41.8 nm
- Dangerous wreck in 04-18.50N 007-02.20EWrecks · 41.8 nm
- Aids to navigationNav aids · 46 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 13:55Z; 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.