Gunnery exercises 0700Z to 1600Z daily 11, 22 thru 28 may in area bound by 38-57-00N 008-37-06E, 38-56-00N…
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1667/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-05-11 05:30Z
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) · MARSARDEGNA 067/00 101215B MAY 00; WZ 866/00 100719Z MAY 00; WZ 888/00 101406Z MAY 00. Issued 2000-05-10 18:14Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 38.844, 8.618. 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
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber vicinity 51-29.6N 001-53.7Ecancelled by this notice
- Breaksea lightfloat 51-20N 003-19W at reduced intensitycancelled by this notice
- Gunnery exercises: a. 0700Z to 1600Z daily 11, 22 thru 28 may in area bound by 38-57-00N 008-37-06E,…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2000-05-10 18:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARSARDEGNA 067/00 101215B MAY 00; WZ 866/00 100719Z MAY 00; WZ 888/00 101406Z MAY 00
- issued by
- MARSARDEGNA
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 38.844, 8.618
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0700Z TO 1600Z DAILY 11, 22 THRU 28 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 38-57-00N 008-37-06E, 38-56-00N 008-27-00E, 38-49-00N 008-26-00E, 38-43-30N 008-41-15E, 38-46-15N 008-48-00E, 38-50-00N 008-48-00E, 38-55-10N 008-42-30E. 2. GUNNERY EXERCISES 11, 22 THRU 28 MAY IN AREA BETWEEN 38-57-30N 008-35-30E, 39-00-00N 008-32-00E, 39-00-00N 008-29-00E, 38-56-12N 008-27-00E, 38-51-40N 008-24-36E, 38-40-00N 008-50-00E, 38-50-00N 008-50-00E, 38-55-10N 008-42-30E. 3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1615/00(37), OPERATIONS COMPLETED. 4. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1652/00(36), AID RESTORED. 5. CANCEL THIS MSG 29 MAY.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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 · military exercises
350 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Hazardous operations 0530Z to 1530Z daily 21 thru 28 apr and 02 thru 19 may in area bound by 39-42.84N…2023-04-21
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 2200Z daily 21 and 22 mar in area bound by 38-52.00N 011-22.00E, 38-51.00N…2023-03-19
- Hazardous operations 0530Z to 1530Z daily 28 apr thru 27 may except saturdays and sundays in area bound by…2022-04-27
- Hazardous operations 070600Z to 071800Z in area bound by 38-57-00N 008-37-06E, 38-56-24N 008-31-42E,…2022-04-05
- Gunnery exercises 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 thru 31 mar and 04 thru 07 apr and 0530Z to 1530Z daily 01 and 08…2022-03-26
- Gunnery exercises 0630Z to 1630Z daily 22 thru 25 mar and 0530Z to 2030Z daily 28 mar thru 01 apr and 04…2022-03-18
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
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:36Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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.