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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By category · available archive

Exercises16434%
Incidents10622%
Surveys6614%
Derelicts5511%
Other225%
Nav aids214%
Containers173%
Debris143%
Cable ops92%
Wrecks61%
Missiles31%
Ordnance31%
Restricted20%

Archive · 488 cancelled

  1. HYDROLANT 790/09 · Incidents2009-04-29 → 2009-04-29
    Nine meter S/V mwendjeza, white hull, two persons on board, overdue lorient (47-45N 003-22W) to vigo (42-14N…
  2. HYDROLANT 685/09 · Exercises2009-04-10 → 2009-04-16
    Hazardous operations 141300Z to 141430Z apr, alternate 1300Z to 1430Z daily 15 and 16 apr in area bound by…
  3. HYDROLANT 519/09 · Incidents2009-03-15 → 2009-04-04
    Man overboard from F/V lasti vicinity 45-38N 002-33W
  4. HYDROLANT 222/09 · Incidents2009-02-02 → 2009-03-21
    Last known position vicinity 46-44N 004-56W at 011600Z feb
  5. HYDROLANT 2187/08 · Derelicts2008-12-17 → 2008-12-24
    13 meter F/V les sales gosses disabled and adrift in 43-56N 001-37W
  6. HYDROLANT 2110/08 · Derelicts2008-12-08 → 2008-12-20
    M/V ballyhealy disabled and adrift in 46-39.14N 002-37.54W
  7. HYDROLANT 1999/08 · Derelicts2008-11-20 → 2008-11-23
    Derelict F/V anne muriel adrift in 46-50N 004-16W
  8. HYDROLANT 1931/08 · Other2008-11-10 → 2008-11-23
    S/V with electrical damage in 46-39.28N 003-41.56W at 101530Z nov
  9. HYDROLANT 1860/08 · Derelicts2008-11-02 → 2008-11-02
    M/V sava ocean adrift in 46-12.7N 003-52.0W
  10. HYDROLANT 1367/08 · Incidents2008-08-23 → 2008-10-04
    Distress signals received on 23 aug: 1. 121.5 mhz in 46-41.8N 003-37.5W
  11. HYDROLANT 1321/08 · Incidents2008-08-12 → 2008-09-27
    37 foot S/V aerendil, two persons on board, requesting assistance vicinity 45-03N 006-26W
  12. HYDROLANT 1245/08 · Derelicts2008-07-29 → 2008-08-13
    M/V adrift vicinity 46-16.1N 004-44.9W
  13. HYDROLANT 1240/08 · Incidents2008-07-29 → 2008-07-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V zeta in 46-57N 003-59W at 290410Z jul
  14. HYDROLANT 1227/08 · Incidents2008-07-25 → 2008-07-25
    11 meter S/V point du jour, white hull, one person on board, overdue bilbao, spain (43-15N 002-56W) to…
  15. HYDROLANT 1159/08 · Incidents2008-07-11 → 2008-07-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from S/V papillon between la rochelle (46-10N 001-09W) and vigo (42-14N…
  16. HYDROLANT 1150/08 · Cable ops2008-07-10 → 2008-08-06
    Seismic survey 12 jul thru 20 aug by M/V ramform valiant towing 12 7000 meter long cables in area bound by…
  17. HYDROLANT 1106/08 · Debris2008-07-03 → 2008-07-10
    20,000 meter long fishing nets marked by floats adrift in 44-44N 002-08W
  18. HYDROLANT 896/08 · Containers2008-05-28 → 2008-06-04
    Container adrift vicinity 46-15.8N 004-48.0W at 281700Z may
  19. HYDROLANT 775/08 · Derelicts2008-05-07 → 2008-06-07
    M/V capella adrift in 45-21N 003-01W
  20. HYDROLANT 667/08 · Incidents2008-04-19 → 2008-06-01
    12 meter S/V lann bihoue, aluminum hull with white stripe, one person on board, overdue from la rochelle…

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