Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0300Z to 1400Z daily 04, 06, 12 and 13 nov in area bound by 31-59.3N 034-43.7E, 31-46.5N…

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2041/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-11-13 15:00Z

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 766/03 301249Z OCT 03; RCC LARNACA AOR-E EGC#431 301330Z OCT 03. Issued 2003-10-30 17:30Z. 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 - Eastern Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued
2003-10-30 17:30Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2003-11-13 15:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 766/03 301249Z OCT 03; RCC LARNACA AOR-E EGC#431 301330Z OCT 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
31.792, 34.292
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0300Z TO 1400Z DAILY 04, 06,
   12 AND 13 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
   31-59.3N 034-43.7E, 31-46.5N 033-56.0E,
   31-43.0N 033-54.0E, 31-36.0N 033-58.0E,
   31-45.7N 034-17.9E, 31-39.4N 034-23.1E,
   31-56.5N 034-42.5E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2040/03(54,56).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 131500Z NOV.

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

770 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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

17 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 17:00Z; 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.