Piracy

M/V attacked in 01-06.8N 004-41.0E at 160410Z jul

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1710/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-07-20 09:55Z

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 191/13 161136Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-16 11:54Z. 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 1.113, 4.683. 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

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.

  1. HYDROLANT 1702/132013-07-15 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 1708/132013-07-16 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 1710/13 · this notice2013-07-16 · Archived notice
Compare all 3 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →

issued
2013-07-16 11:54Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA II 191/13 161136Z JUL 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Guinea
position
1.113, 4.683
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
GABON.
PIRACY.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 01-06.8N 004-41.0E AT 160410Z JUL.
   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.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1702/13.

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.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

102 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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 2026-10-01 20:34Z; 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.