Piracy

M/V attacked in 03-47N 008-41E at 170545Z oct 20

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 3150/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-10-24 09:57Z

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 308/20 170939Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-17 09:57Z. 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 3.783, 8.683. 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
2020-10-17 09:57Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-10-24 09:57Z
authority
NAVAREA II 308/20 170939Z OCT 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Guinea
position
3.783, 8.683
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
DNC 01.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 03-47N 008-41E
   AT 170545Z OCT 20. 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
   TO MDAT-GOG, PHONE: 332 9822 8888,
   E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 240957Z OCT 20.

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

123 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 23:52Z; 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.