Ordnance

Mine clearing operations in progress until 31 aug by M/V VODOLAZ-14 and M/V svyatoy pavel taganrogskiy…

Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 1607/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-08-28 09:44Z

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 380/15 010738Z JUL 15.. Issued 2015-07-01 08:13Z. 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.

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issued
2015-07-01 08:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 380/15 010738Z JUL 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Sea of Azov
position
45.422, 36.704
vessels
M/V SVYATOY PAVEL TAGANROGSKIY · 3 messagesM/V VODOLAZ 14 · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

KERCH STRAIT.
ORDNANCE.
DNC 10.
1. MINE CLEARING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 AUG
   BY M/V VODOLAZ-14 AND M/V SVYATOY PAVEL TAGANROGSKIY
   TOWING EQUIPMENT IN AREA BOUND BY
   45-24.5N 036-36.6E, 45-24.6N 036-36.5E,
   45-26.1N 036-46.8E, 45-25.8N 036-46.5E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 SEP 15.

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.
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.
Mines and mine danger areas
Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

50 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 10:09Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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