M/V attacked in 04-45.7N 002-26.0E at 092036Z nov
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 3469/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-11-17 00:25Z
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 338/20 100004Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-10 00:25Z. 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 4.762, 2.433. 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.
- HYDROLANT 3469/20 · this notice2020-11-10 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3490/202020-11-11 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2020-11-10 00:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-11-17 00:25Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 338/20 100004Z NOV 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 4.762, 2.433
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. DNC 01. 1. M/V ATTACKED IN 04-45.7N 002-26.0E AT 092036Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MDAT-GOG, PHONE: 332 9822 8888, 332 5631 2424, FAX: 332 5631 2584, E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG, COORD.NAVAREA2@SHOM.FR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170025Z NOV 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
102 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.
- 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
- F/V attacked in 04-33.5N 000-15.6E at 191830Z may2021-05-20
- M/V reports approach by suspicious vessel in 03-02N 003-16E at 201855Z apr2021-04-20
- M/V attacked in 03-02N 002-55E at 140550Z mar2021-03-14
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
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 21:52Z; 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.