Two vessels attacked in 04-47S 010-07E at 291250Z oct
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3364/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-10-29 16:01Z
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 425/18 291355Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-29 15:11Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -4.783, 10.117. 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
- Two vessels attacked in 04-47S 010-07E at 291250Z octlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-10-29 15:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-11-05 15:11Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 425/18 291355Z OCT 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -4.783, 10.117
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. GABON. DNC 01. 1. TWO VESSELS ATTACKED IN 04-47S 010-07E AT 291250Z OCT. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051511Z NOV 18.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
17 within 180 nm since 2004 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Operation on cable2026-09-15
- Wellhead reported in 04-32.52S 011-33.82E2016-06-10
- Wide berth requested2014-02-06
- Cable and pipelaying operations 150001Z oct to 312359Z mar 14 in area bound by 05-23S 012-12E, 05-25S…2013-10-13
- Pipelaying operations in progress until further notice vicinity of trackline joining 06-03.65S 012-12.12E,…2013-06-06
- Pipelaying operations in progress until further notice vicinity of trackline joining 06-03.65S 012-12.12E,…2013-02-14
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
- Operation on cableOther · 61.6 nm
- NAVAREA VII 246 of 2026 (24 aug 26) 1. south atlantic ocean - ne sector - offshore orange river mouth 2.…Cable ops · 109.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:27Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.