Mine adrift vicinity 50-13.7N 001-42.0W at 121107Z nov
English Channel · HYDROLANT 2490/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-11-18 12:10Z
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) · WZ 1701/02 121116Z NOV 02. Issued 2002-11-12 17:33Z. 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
- English Channel. The parsed report position is 50.228, -1.700. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 2490/02, mine not locatedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2002-11-12 17:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 1701/02 121116Z NOV 02
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 50.228, -1.700
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. MINE ADRIFT VICINITY 50-13.7N 001-42.0W AT 121107Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 19 NOV.
Reading this warning
- Mines and mine danger areas
- Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · mine warnings
17 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.
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 50-21.7N 004-18.5W, 50-17.8N 004-38.7W,…2021-08-16
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 50-21.7N 004-18.5W, 50-17.8N 004-38.7W,…2021-07-05
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 50-21.7N 004-18.5W, 50-17.8N 004-38.7W,…2021-04-09
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 50-21.7N 004-18.5W, 50-17.8N 004-38.7W,…2021-02-26
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 50-21.7N 004-18.5W, 50-17.8N 004-38.7W,…2021-01-15
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 50-21.7N 004-18.5W, 50-17.8N 004-38.7W,…2020-12-04
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
8 mine warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 10:30Z; source collection times vary.
Mines
Drifting or reported sea mines. Mostly the Black Sea since 2022. All current mine warnings →
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.