Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0700Z to 1300Z daily 23 and 24 oct in area bound by 43-20N 016-20E, 43-17N 016-20E, 43-13N…

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1969/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-10-23 13:09Z

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 740/03 200856Z OCT 03; PTNMM; MARISICILIA 395/03 201100Z OCT 03. Issued 2003-10-20 09:40Z. 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
Adriatic Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Adriatic Sea →

issued
2003-10-20 09:40Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2003-10-24 14:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 740/03 200856Z OCT 03; PTNMM; MARISICILIA 395/03 201100Z OCT 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
43.318, 16.132
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 1300Z DAILY
   23 AND 24 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   43-20N 016-20E, 43-17N 016-20E,
   43-13N 016-00E, 43-26N 016-00E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1959/03(38), 1941/03 REFERS.
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1967/03(53), OPERATIONS CANCELED.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 241400Z OCT.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

173 within 180 nm since 1996 · 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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:58Z; 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.