Piracy

M/V approached by pirates in 05-44.8N 004-47.5E at 190716Z aug

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 2537/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-08-26 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 297/17 190823Z AUG 17.. Issued 2017-08-19 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 5.747, 4.792. 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: 2017-08-19 08:31Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-08-26 08:31Z
authority: NAVAREA II 297/17 190823Z AUG 17.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: Gulf of Guinea
position: 5.747, 4.792
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 APPROACHED BY PIRATES IN 05-44.8N 004-47.5E
   AT 190716Z AUG. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
   CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME
   CAUTION. REPORTS TO MDAT-GOG, PHONE: 332 9822 8888,
   E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260831Z AUG 17.

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.
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.
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

157 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.

F/V attacked in 04-33N 002-23E at 311930Z may2021-06-01
M/V attacked in 03-31N 006-29E at 211108Z jan2021-01-21
M/V attacked in 03-38N 006-17E at 081445Z jan2021-01-08
M/V attacked in 03-50N 006-09E at 160855Z dec2020-12-16
M/V attacked in 02-50N 005-25E at 031035 dec2020-12-03
M/V attacked in 03-12N 005-01E at 021303Z dec2020-12-02

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 2026-10-01 22:18Z; 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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