Underwater operations in progress until 262359Z apr by M/V castor II with submersible within two miles of…
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 1360/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-04-19 13:16Z
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) · NAVAREA III 177/00 171102Z APR 00. Issued 2000-04-17 14:03Z. 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
- Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 41.817, 10.000 with a 2.0 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1300/00, 1360/00 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →
- issued
- 2000-04-17 14:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2000-04-27 00:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 177/00 171102Z APR 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 41.817, 10.000 · r 2.0 nm
- vessel
- M/V CASTOR II · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 262359Z APR BY M/V CASTOR II WITH SUBMERSIBLE WITHIN TWO MILES OF 41-49N 010-00E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270059Z APR.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
216 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Survey operations in progress until 30 oct by vessel anteos in 39-19.79N 007-50.60E2024-09-03
- Survey operations in progress until 30 jun by M/V ng driller along trackline joining 39-13.99N 007-49.47E,…2024-04-24
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V joides resolution in: a. 40-11.03N 012-42.49E2024-02-16
- Survey operations in progress until 15 apr by M/V ng driller in: a. 39-13.99N 007-49.48E2024-02-01
- Survey operations 22 jul thru 13 aug by M/V tethys II, M/V l`europe, and M/V sagitta III in area bound by…2023-07-20
- Survey operations in progress until 19 jul by M/V five in area bound by 43-49.26N 009-54.46E, 44-09.71N…2023-07-18
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
50 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 15:56Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey 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.