M/V attacked in 03-30N 004-50E at 190617Z apr
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 935/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-04-24 09:25Z
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) · IMBPC 201000Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-20 10:22Z. 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 3.500, 4.833. 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
- M/V attacked in 03-30N 004-50E at 190800Z aprcancelled by this notice
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 598/162016-03-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 781/162016-04-01 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 782/162016-04-01 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 827/162016-04-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 868/162016-04-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 933/162016-04-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2016-04-20 10:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 201000Z APR 16.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 3.500, 4.833
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. NIGERIA. PIRACY. DNC 01. 1. M/V ATTACKED IN 03-30N 004-50E AT 190617Z APR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769, E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 933/16.
Reading this warning
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
205 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- Possible pirate attack reported in vicinity of trackline joining 01-42.00N 009-30.00E, 03-25.00N 005-12.00E2023-06-27
- M/V approached by pirates in area within 15 miles of 03-01.18N 006-58.25E at 082300Z aug2022-08-09
- Piracy activity reported in area bound by 02-30.00N 005-00.00E, 02-30.00N 007-30.00E, 00-00.00N 007-30.00E,…2022-06-24
- Vessel attacked in 03-11.41N 007-49.02E on 13 dec2021-12-13
- M/V attacked in 02-13N 004-50E at 250851Z oct2021-10-25
- M/V approached by pirates in 02-56N 002-41E at 061619Z jun2021-06-06
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:24Z; 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.