M/V bbc polonia attacked in 04-13N 006-57E
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1245/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-07-10 09:27Z
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) · MRCC BREMEN 021920Z JUL 10.. Issued 2010-07-02 20:01Z. 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 4.217, 6.950. 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
- 2010-07-02 20:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC BREMEN 021920Z JUL 10.
- issued by
- MRCC BREMEN
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 4.217, 6.950
- vessel
- M/V BBC POLONIA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. PIRACY. M/V BBC POLONIA ATTACKED IN 04-13N 006-57E. CREW ABDUCTED AND ONE CREWMAN REQUIRING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. VESSELS IN VICINITY ABLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC BREMEN.
Reading this warning
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- 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.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
18 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
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- M/V, 25 persons on board, possibly hijacked in 04-03.22N 007-13.50E at 071904Z feb2017-02-08
- Vessel attacked in 04-07.33N 005-24.12E at 112156Z apr2016-04-12
- Distress signal received from vessel prime empress in 04-05.22N 008-11.49E at 130714Z jul2014-07-13
- Man overboard from M/V frio antarctic vicinity 03-22.9N 009-14.7E at 030830Z jun2011-06-03
- Distress signal received from M/V seabulk falcon II in 03-59N 007-19E at 220630Z mar2007-03-22
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 · 7.6 nm
- Dangerous wreck in 04-18.50N 007-02.20EWrecks · 7.6 nm
- Aids to navigationNav aids · 52.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:34Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.