Torpedo exercises 161100Z to 161500Z and 201100Z to 201500Z dec in area bound by 35-08.2N 022-30.0E,…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 3041/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-12-20 16:00Z
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 869/21 131204Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-13 12:39Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 2 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-16 11:00Z | 2021-12-16 15:00Z | — | 4 h |
| 2021-12-20 11:00Z | 2021-12-20 15:00Z | — | 4 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-12-13 12:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-12-20 16:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 869/21 131204Z DEC 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 35.012, 22.652
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. CRETE. DNC 09. 1. TORPEDO EXERCISES 161100Z TO 161500Z AND 201100Z TO 201500Z DEC IN AREA BOUND BY 35-08.2N 022-30.0E, 34-53.2N 022-30.0E, 34-53.2N 022-48.3E, 35-08.2N 022-48.3E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 201600Z DEC 21.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
526 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset monday, sunrise to 2100Z tuesday thru thursday and sunrise to 1000Z…2023-01-02
- Hazardous operations 060130Z to 061200Z, 070100Z to 071030Z jan, 0230Z to 1130Z daily 10 thru 14 jan and…2022-01-06
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 2100Z daily monday thru thursday and 0500Z to 1300Z fridays 01 jan thru 31 dec…2022-01-04
- Hazardous operations in progress 0500Z to 1300Z daily until 31 dec except saturdays, sundays and holidays in…2022-01-03
- Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset monday, sunrise to 2100Z tuesday thru thursday and sunrise to 1000Z…2022-01-03
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to sunset 02 nov and sunrise to 0530Z daily 03 and 04 nov in area bound by 35-36N…2021-10-31
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
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:26Z; 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.