Ordnance

An unexploded ordnance is located at 44 degrees 25 minutes north, 1 degree 52 minutes west in the Bay of Biscay, France.

Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 1361/23

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · AVURNAV BREST 194/23 191649Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-19 17:06Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 44.417, -1.867. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →

issued: 2023-06-19 17:06Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: AVURNAV BREST 194/23 191649Z JUN 23.
issued by: AVURNAV BREST
sea: Bay of Biscay
position: 44.417, -1.867
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
FRANCE.
DNC 08.
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN 44-25.00N 001-52.00W.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Unexploded ordnance: Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

3 within 180 nm since 2023 · 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.

Unexploded ordnance in 44-28.00N 001-56.33W2023-07-20
Unexploded ordnance in 44-23.00N 001-46.00W2023-06-26

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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:35Z; 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.