Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V irish sea pioneer with submersible in…
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel · HYDROLANT 1827/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-08-10 10:04Z
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 855/13 271255Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-27 16:18Z. 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
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. The parsed report position is 53.632, -3.162. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel →
- issued
- 2013-07-27 16:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 855/13 271255Z JUL 13.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
- position
- 53.632, -3.162
- vessel
- M/V IRISH SEA PIONEER
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ENGLAND-WEST COAST. LIVERPOOL BAY. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V IRISH SEA PIONEER WITH SUBMERSIBLE IN 53-37.94N 003-09.71W. 500 METER BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
444 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V zwerver I in area bound by 53-34.50N…2026-09-14
- Survey operations in progress until 31 oct by M/V ramform vanguard towing cables in area bound by 53-44.12N…2024-09-26
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V sw amundsen towing seven 2200 meter long cables in…2024-04-18
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V sw bly towing four 2300 meter long cables, marked…2022-05-08
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V sw bly towing four 2300 meter long cables, marked…2022-04-17
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ramform hyperion towing nine 3700 meter long…2022-04-15
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
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 12:25Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey 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.