English Channel

IHO sea area 21 · -6° to 2° E, 49° to 51° N

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In force now · 1

  1. HYDROLANT 1448/26 · Nav aids2026-07-27
    Fowey Light at 50-19.60N 004-38.90W in the English Channel near England is unreliable.

Longest in force

  1. HYDROLANT 1448/26 · Nav aids2026-07-27
    Fowey Light at 50-19.60N 004-38.90W in the English Channel near England is unreliable.

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By category · since 1997

Nav aids83745%
Cable ops24813%
Surveys24213%
Other20011%
Wrecks1176%
Derelicts734%
Containers674%
Debris553%
Mines161%
Exercises101%

Archive · 1,864 cancelled

  1. HYDROLANT 519/22 · Containers2022-02-21 → 2022-02-24
    Three containers adrift in area within one mile of 49-17.0N 003-28.9W at 210954Z feb
  2. HYDROLANT 515/22 · Debris2022-02-21 → 2022-02-22
    White object adrift in vicinity 49-17N 003-30W
  3. HYDROLANT 508/22 · Nav aids2022-02-21 → 2022-02-28
    Hurst point light 50-42-29N 001-33-01W unreliable
  4. HYDROLANT 507/22 · Nav aids2022-02-21 → 2022-02-28
    Fog signal at dungeness light 50-54-48N 000-58-33E inoperative
  5. HYDROLANT 505/22 · Nav aids2022-02-21 → 2022-02-21
    Needles light 50-39-44N 001-35-30W unreliable
  6. HYDROLANT 487/22 · Containers2022-02-19 → 2022-02-22
    Container adrift in 49-09.8N 004-31.2W at 191441Z feb
  7. HYDROLANT 486/22 · Derelicts2022-02-19 → 2022-02-22
    Derelict five meter lifeboat adrift in 49-21.1N 004-33.7W
  8. HYDROLANT 447/22 · Nav aids2022-02-14 → 2022-02-15
    NAVTEX station niton (e) 50-35N 001-15W off air 150100Z to 150400Z feb
  9. HYDROLANT 375/22 · Surveys2022-02-07 → 2022-02-12
    Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V northern franklin along trackline joining 50-46.8N…
  10. HYDROLANT 333/22 · Nav aids2022-02-03 → 2022-02-03
    GPS jamming exercises 030800Z to 031600Z feb in area bound by 50-30N 003-17W, 50-34N 003-05W, 50-34N…
  11. HYDROLANT 292/22 · Surveys2022-01-30 → 2022-02-05
    Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V northern franklin in area bound by 50-46.8N…
  12. HYDROLANT 130/22 · Derelicts2022-01-14 → 2022-01-17
    Derelict seven meter vessel, white hull, adrift in 51-01.7N 001-38.7E at 141217Z jan
  13. HYDROLANT 3149/21 · Nav aids2021-12-24 → 2021-12-30
    Eddystone light 50-10.8N 004-15.9W iso red light unlit
  14. HYDROLANT 3108/21 · Nav aids2021-12-20 → 2021-12-20
    St catherine's point light 50-34.5N 001-17.9W unlit
  15. HYDROLANT 3048/21 · Nav aids2021-12-14 → 2021-12-15
    NAVTEX station niton (e) 50-35N 001-15W off air 0900Z to 1530Z daily 14 and 15 dec
  16. HYDROLANT 2899/21 · Nav aids2021-11-25 → 2021-12-02
    Fog signal at saint anthony light 50-08.5N 005-01.0W inoperative
  17. HYDROLANT 2783/21 · Cable ops2021-11-11 → 2021-11-26
    Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship pierre de fermat and M/V brutus along…
  18. HYDROLANT 2659/21 · Other2021-10-29 → 2021-11-30
    Fishing gear, marked by buoy, abandoned in 50-11.7N 000-30.7W
  19. HYDROLANT 2576/21 · Other2021-10-19 → 2021-11-04
    50 meter wire reported adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 50-41.7N 001-17.4E, 50-42.3N 001-17.9E
  20. HYDROLANT 2505/21 · Exercises2021-10-10 → 2021-10-11
    Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1800Z daily 10 and 11 oct in area within six miles of 50-14N 004-38W

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.