Underwater ordnance detonations: a. 150700Z to 150900Z aug within 1.5 miles of 45-07.6N 036-31.9E
Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 1523/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-08-15 21:00Z
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) · NAVAREA III 592/03 111217Z AUG 03; NAVAREA III 593/03 111218Z AUG 03; WZ 1055/03 111136Z AUG 03. Issued 2003-08-11 14:00Z. 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
- Sea of Azov. 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
- Seismic survey 20 jul until further notice by M/V ramform challenger towing five mile long cable in area…cancelled by this notice
- Cath sgeir buoy 55-40N 005-47W unlitcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-08-15 07:00Z | 2003-08-15 09:00Z | — | 2 h |
| 2003-08-15 09:00Z | 2003-08-15 11:00Z | — | 2 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2003-08-11 14:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2003-08-15 12:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 592/03 111217Z AUG 03; NAVAREA III 593/03 111218Z AUG 03; WZ 1055/03 111136Z AUG 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Azov
- position
- 45.128, 36.528
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS:
A. 150700Z TO 150900Z AUG WITHIN
1.5 MILES OF 45-07.6N 036-31.9E.
B. 150900Z TO 151100Z AUG WITHIN
1.5 MILES OF 45-07.8N 036-31.5E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1395/03.
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1519/03(35), AID RESTORED.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 151200Z AUG.
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
51 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 44-29.44N 033-36.15E2019-05-02
- Unexploded ordnance in 44-42.84N 037-50.50E2019-04-30
- Unexploded ordnance in area within two miles of 44-38.5N 033-28.5E2018-10-31
- Unexploded ordnance in 45-19.3N 036-33.8E2018-08-23
- Unexploded ordnance in area: a. within 800 meters of 44-05.20N 038-52.40E2017-12-13
- Unexploded ordnance, navigation prohibited 022100Z to 122100Z oct in area bound by 44-23.2N 033-46.6E,…2017-10-06
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:47Z; 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.