Debris

15 meter long black cylindrical object adrift in 49-18.5N 004-42.6W at 190911Z jan

English Channel · HYDROLANT 165/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-01-22 11:03Z

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) · WZ 118/16 191012Z JAN 16 - WZ 116/16 190710Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-19 11:03Z. 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
English Channel. The parsed report position is 49.308, -4.710. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →

issued
2016-01-19 11:03Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-01-22 11:03Z
authority
WZ 118/16 191012Z JAN 16 - WZ 116/16 190710Z JAN 16.
issued by
WZ
sea
English Channel
position
49.308, -4.710
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ENGLISH CHANNEL.
DNC 19, DNC 20.
1. 15 METER LONG BLACK CYLINDRICAL OBJECT ADRIFT
   IN 49-18.5N 004-42.6W AT 190911Z JAN.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 81/16, AID RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 221103Z JAN 16.

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.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

125 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:41Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.