Bombing exercises 170815Z to 170900Z jul within ten miles of 38-00N 004-39E
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1353/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-07-17 10:00Z
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) · CTF 69 151033Z JUL 10 - JRCC HALIFAX 151215Z JUL 10.. Issued 2010-07-16 11:44Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 38.000, 4.650 with a 10.0 nm radius. 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
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz within 50 miles of 56-22.4N 045-38.8W at 150625Z julcancelled by this notice
- Nga chart 37059 (0 ed)cancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-17 08:15Z | 2010-07-17 09:00Z | — | 45 min |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2010-07-16 11:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-07-17 10:00Z
- authority
- CTF 69 151033Z JUL 10 - JRCC HALIFAX 151215Z JUL 10.
- issued by
- CTF
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 38.000, 4.650 · r 10.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ORDNANCE. 1. BOMBING EXERCISES 170815Z TO 170900Z JUL WITHIN TEN MILES OF 38-00N 004-39E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1340/10(14,15,38), SIGNAL CEASED. 3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1348/10(37), AID RESTORED. 4. CANCEL THIS MSG 171000Z JUL.
Reading this warning
- Unexploded ordnance
- Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
3 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
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 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 22:24Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.