Piracy

M/V attacked in 03-56N 004-53E at 150020 dec

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 3907/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-12-22 02:13Z

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 496/18 150020Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-15 02:13Z. 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 3.933, 4.883. 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.

  1. HYDROLANT 3907/18 · this notice2018-12-15 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 3910/182018-12-15 · Archived notice
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issued
2018-12-15 02:13Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-12-22 02:13Z
authority
NAVAREA II 496/18 150020Z DEC 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Guinea
position
3.933, 4.883
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 ATTACKED IN 03-56N 004-53E AT
   150020 DEC. 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 AND TO
   REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, 603 2078 5763,
   FAX: 603 2078 5769, E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG,
   PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG AND TO MDAT-GOG,
   PHONE: 332 9822 8888,
   E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220213Z DEC 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.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

210 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 2026-09-26 13:55Z; 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.