Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1500Z daily 27 and 28 sep, 0600Z to 2000Z daily 25, 26 and 30 sep thru 04 oct in…

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 2146/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-10-04 21:00Z

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) · MARISARDEGNA 115/02 241403Z SEP 02; NAVAREA II 337/02 241530Z SEP 02. Issued 2002-09-24 16:56Z. 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 - Western 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 - Western Basin →

issued
2002-09-24 16:56Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2002-10-04 21:00Z
authority
MARISARDEGNA 115/02 241403Z SEP 02; NAVAREA II 337/02 241530Z SEP 02
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
issued by
MARISARDEGNA
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position
38.844, 8.617
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 1500Z DAILY 27 AND 28 SEP,
   0600Z TO 2000Z DAILY 25, 26 AND 30 SEP THRU 04 OCT
   IN AREA BOUND BY 38-55-10N 008-42-30E,
   38-50-00N 008-48-00E, 38-46-15N 008-48-00E,
   38-43-30N 008-41-15E, 38-49-00N 008-26-00E,
   38-56-12N 008-27-00E, 38-57-00N 008-37-06E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2060/02(38), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 042100Z 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

350 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

31 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 16:52Z; 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.