Torpedo firing exercises 0600Z to 1800Z daily 02 thru 04 may in area bound by 44-06-10N 009-33-50E,…
Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 1263/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-05-04 19:00Z
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) · LA SPEZIA 184/01 271126Z APR 01; UKMRCC AOR-E EGC 249 271359Z APR 01. Issued 2001-04-27 14:54Z. 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
- Ligurian Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 47-00.8N 016-19.7W at 271121Z aprcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 3 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-05-02 06:00Z | 2001-05-02 18:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-05-03 06:00Z | 2001-05-03 18:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-05-04 06:00Z | 2001-05-04 18:00Z | — | 12 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2001-04-27 14:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2001-05-04 19:00Z
- authority
- LA SPEZIA 184/01 271126Z APR 01; UKMRCC AOR-E EGC 249 271359Z APR 01
- issued by
- LA SPEZIA
- sea
- Ligurian Sea
- position
- 44.064, 9.555
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. TORPEDO FIRING EXERCISES 0600Z TO 1800Z DAILY 02 THRU 04 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 44-06-10N 009-33-50E, 44-04-10N 009-30-10E, 44-01-30N 009-32-50E, 44-03-30N 009-36-24E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1261/01(36). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 041900Z MAY.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
234 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 020001Z to 021200Z mar in area bound by 42-09.70N 006-40.56E, 41-22.00N 006-40.00E,…2022-03-01
- Hazardous operations 150700Z to 172300Z feb in areas bound by: a. 44-23.0N 008-40.2E, 44-23.5N 008-41.4E,…2022-02-13
- Hazardous operations 171100Z to 201800Z jan in area bound by 42-10.0N 007-47.4E, 42-10.0N 006-39.5E,…2022-01-13
- Hazardous operations in progess until 142359 nov in area bound by 42-09.52N 008-00.30E, 41-39.54N…2021-11-11
- Hazardous operations 110700Z to 152059 nov in area bound by 41-38N 007-29E, 41-22N 006-40E, 42-10N 006-40E,…2021-11-09
- Hazardous operations 090001Z to 112359Z nov in area bound by 42-09.1N 006-39.7E, 41-39.9N 006-40.7E,…2021-11-06
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:34Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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.