Exercises

Torpedo firing exercises: a. 281000Z to 281800Z aug in area bound by 44-02.0N 009-25.7E, 44-06.0N 009-33.0E,…

Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 2337/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-08-27 20:20Z

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 417/01 251258Z AUG 01; NAVAREA III 418/01 251257Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-25 13:43Z. 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.

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Activity windows · 2 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2001-08-28 10:00Z2001-08-28 16:00Z—6 h
2001-08-28 10:00Z2001-08-28 18:00Z—8 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2001-08-25 13:43Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2001-08-28 19:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 417/01 251258Z AUG 01; NAVAREA III 418/01 251257Z AUG 01
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Ligurian Sea
position
43.958, 9.598
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. TORPEDO FIRING EXERCISES:
   A. 281000Z TO 281800Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 44-02.0N 009-25.7E,
      44-06.0N 009-33.0E, 43-53.0N 009-46.0E, 43-48.7N 009-39.0E.
   B. 281000Z TO 281600Z AUG IN AREA BOUND BY 44-02.0N 009-25.7E,
      43-43.7N 009-39.0E, 43-45.0N 009-31.5E, 43-58.0N 009-18.5E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281900Z AUG.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · military exercises

241 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.

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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 18:34Z; 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.