Piracy

F/V attacked in 04-33.5N 000-15.6E at 191830Z may

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1361/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-05-27 14:24Z

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) · IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 201357Z MAY 21.. Issued 2021-05-20 14:24Z. 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 4.558, 0.260. 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: 2021-05-20 14:24Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-05-27 14:24Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 201357Z MAY 21.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Gulf of Guinea
position: 4.558, 0.260
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
GHANA.
DNC 01.
1. F/V ATTACKED IN 04-33.5N 000-15.6E AT 191830Z MAY.
   FIVE PERSONS KIDNAPPED.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS
   POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014,
   FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
   AND TO MDAT-GOG,
   PHONE: 332 9822 8888,
   E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271424Z MAY 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.
Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

57 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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 mothership activity in 01-50N 001-11E at 190930Z oct2021-10-20
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
F/V attacked in 04-33N 002-23E at 311930Z may2021-06-01
M/V attacked in 02-48N 002-36E at 111512Z mar2021-03-11
M/V attacked in 02-55N 001-56E at 300424Z jan2021-01-30

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:50Z; 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 →

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