Ordnance

Unexploded ordnance in 41-21-33N 016-20-00E

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 2783/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-08-10 17:08Z

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) · MARDIPART TARANTO 673/00 091530B 00. Issued 2000-08-09 15:29Z. 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
Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 41.359, 16.333. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2000-08-09 15:29Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MARDIPART TARANTO 673/00 091530B 00
issued by
MARDIPART TARANTO
sea
Adriatic Sea
position
41.359, 16.333
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN 41-21-33N 016-20-00E.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance
Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

21 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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00
01

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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M
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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

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 11:24Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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