Torpedo firing exercises 170900Z to 171300Z sep in area bound by 43-45N 007-31E, 43-42N 007-25E, 43-36N…
Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 1978/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-09-17 14:00Z
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 396/99 161207Z SEP 99. Issued 1999-09-16 14:00Z. 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
- Ligurian 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.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-09-17 09:00Z | 1999-09-17 13:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 1999-09-16 14:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 1999-09-17 14:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 396/99 161207Z SEP 99
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Ligurian Sea
- position
- 43.442, 8.569
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. TORPEDO FIRING EXERCISES 170900Z TO 171300Z SEP IN AREA BOUND BY 43-45N 007-31E, 43-42N 007-25E, 43-36N 007-28E, 43-35N 007-26E, 43-30N 007-32E, 43-35N 007-42E, 43-11N 008-05E, 43-11N 009-32E, 43-34N 009-32E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171400Z SEP.
Reading this warning
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- 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
242 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 020001Z to 021200Z mar in area bound by 42-09.70N 006-40.56E, 41-22.00N 006-40.00E,…2022-03-01
- Hazardous operations 150700Z to 172300Z feb in areas bound by: a. 44-23.0N 008-40.2E, 44-23.5N 008-41.4E,…2022-02-13
- Hazardous operations 171100Z to 201800Z jan in area bound by 42-10.0N 007-47.4E, 42-10.0N 006-39.5E,…2022-01-13
- Hazardous operations in progess until 142359 nov in area bound by 42-09.52N 008-00.30E, 41-39.54N…2021-11-11
- Hazardous operations 110700Z to 152059 nov in area bound by 41-38N 007-29E, 41-22N 006-40E, 42-10N 006-40E,…2021-11-09
- Hazardous operations 090001Z to 112359Z nov in area bound by 42-09.1N 006-39.7E, 41-39.9N 006-40.7E,…2021-11-06
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 2026-10-02 20:40Z; 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.