Piracy

M/V attacked in 02-00N 008-15E at 062330Z feb 21

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 354/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-02-14 15:27Z

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 48/21 070035Z FEB 21.. Issued 2021-02-07 00:45Z. 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 2.000, 8.250. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →

issued
2021-02-07 00:45Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-03-20 00:45Z
authority
NAVAREA II 48/21 070035Z FEB 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Guinea
position
2.000, 8.250
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE.
DNC 01.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 02-00N 008-15E AT 062330Z FEB 21.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION
   AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO NAVAREA II,
   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 200045Z MAR 21.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
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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.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
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

143 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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

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 2026-10-02 00:33Z; 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.