Nav aids

Nga chart 37115 (2ND ed)

English Channel · HYDROLANT 173/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-04-22 09:53Z

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 102/10 280955Z JAN 10.. Issued 2010-01-28 16:37Z. 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 50.662, 1.372. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2010-01-28 16:37Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 102/10 280955Z JAN 10.
issued by
WZ
sea
English Channel
position
50.662, 1.372
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DOVER STRAIT.
NGA CHART 37115 (2ND ED).
1. VERGOYER NORTH BUOY 50-39.7N 001-22.3E
   RACON INOPERATIVE.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1842/09.

Reading this warning

Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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.
RACON (radar beacon)
A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air
An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

1771 within 180 nm since 1997 · 4 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.

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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

138 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 03:39Z; source collection times vary.

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