Bay of Biscay
IHO sea area 22 · -8° to -0° E, 43° to 48° N
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What the archive shows
488 messages are recorded since 1999-01-12 for the Bay of Biscay. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Exercises accounts for 164 of 488 recorded messages (34%), the largest category group in this selection.
The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.
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| Exercises | 164 | 34% |
| Incidents | 106 | 22% |
| Surveys | 66 | 14% |
| Derelicts | 55 | 11% |
| Other | 22 | 5% |
| Nav aids | 21 | 4% |
| Containers | 17 | 3% |
| Debris | 14 | 3% |
| Cable ops | 9 | 2% |
| Wrecks | 6 | 1% |
| Missiles | 3 | 1% |
| Ordnance | 3 | 1% |
| Restricted | 2 | 0% |
Archive · 488 cancelled
- HYDROLANT 1713/11 · Surveys2011-10-18 → 2011-10-20Survey operations 181600Z to 192359Z oct by M/V thalassa in area bound by: 46-37.0N 004-56.0W, 46-38.5N…
- HYDROLANT 991/11 · Surveys2011-06-14 → 2011-06-15Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V meteor in area bound by 47-00N 006-00W, 47-10N…
- HYDROLANT 966/11 · Surveys2011-06-09 → 2011-06-15Underwater operations 100600Z to 150100Z jun by M/V belgica in area bound by 43-59N 004-50W, 43-57N 005-11W,…
- HYDROLANT 888/11 · Incidents2011-05-27 → 2011-06-18Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12.6 meter S/V in 45-33.9N 002-26.9W at 270940Z may
- HYDROLANT 645/11 · Incidents2011-04-18 → 2011-05-28Ten meter S/V sea punch, white hull with blue stripe, four persons on board, overdue la coruna (43-37.2N…
- HYDROLANT 2474/10 · Derelicts2010-12-21 → 2010-12-22M/V mari lune adrift in 45-30.1N 003-36.1W at 211800Z dec
- HYDROLANT 2104/10 · Incidents2010-11-04 → 2010-12-18Distress signal received from 46 foot S/V jelorge 5 in 46-06N 004-52W
- HYDROLANT 1883/10 · Incidents2010-10-04 → 2010-10-16Nine meter S/V ariadne, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 44-58.8N 006-27.3W
- HYDROLANT 1632/10 · Surveys2010-08-30 → 2010-09-08Oceanographic operations by M/V thalassa: a. 31 aug and 01 sep along trackline between 47-48N 004-30W and…
- HYDROLANT 1367/10 · Containers2010-07-18 → 2010-07-21Container adrift vicinity 45-04.12N 006-25.28W at 171800Z jul
- HYDROLANT 777/10 · Exercises2010-05-03 → 2010-05-06Gunnery exercises: a. 050400Z to 051100Z may in area bound by 44-27N 007-20W, 44-19N 005-18W, 43-50N…
- HYDROLANT 2527/09 · Incidents2009-12-30 → 2010-01-0122 meter F/V pere yvon, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 46-26N 005-23W at…
- HYDROLANT 2510/09 · Incidents2009-12-27 → 2009-12-3022 meter F/V pere yvon, 12 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 45-48N 005-58W at…
- HYDROLANT 2349/09 · Incidents2009-12-03 → 2009-12-0311 meter S/V corazon, white hull with blue stripe, two persons on board, overdue pornichet (47-16N 002-20W)…
- HYDROLANT 2225/09 · Other2009-11-17 → 2009-11-17F/V in need of assistance in 45-21N 002-19W
- HYDROLANT 2050/09 · Derelicts2009-10-23 → 2009-10-24F/V frisby disabled and adrift in 45-22.26N 002-10.51W at 231421Z oct
- HYDROLANT 1848/09 · Incidents2009-09-25 → 2009-09-25Vessel pelagie sank in 45-06N 002-32W
- HYDROLANT 1362/09 · Incidents2009-07-23 → 2009-07-23F/V les vikings II, four persons on board, sinking in 45-15N 002-32W
- HYDROLANT 1328/09 · Incidents2009-07-16 → 2009-08-29Distress signal received on 121.5 and 406.0 mhz from 11 meter S/V senga, white hull, two persons on board,…
- HYDROLANT 1045/09 · Incidents2009-06-07 → 2009-07-18Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V monica loreto uno in 46-32.0N 004-48.8W
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.