Breakwater light 51-04.6N 001-11.7E unlit
English Channel · HYDROLANT 318/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-03-13 19:00Z
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) · WZ 111/17 301710Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-30 17:30Z. 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 51.077, 1.195. 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
- Folkestone breakwater head light 51-04.6N 001-11.7E unlitlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2017-01-30 17:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 111/17 301710Z JAN 17.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 51.077, 1.195
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DOVER STRAIT. ENGLAND-SOUTHEAST COAST. DNC 20. CHART 37120. BREAKWATER LIGHT 51-04.6N 001-11.7E UNLIT.
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.
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
1967 within 180 nm since 1997 · 3 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.
- Newhaven breakwater, head light 50-46.50N 000-03.50E unlit2026-09-06
- Fog signal at dungeness light 50-54.80N 000-58.60E inoperative2026-08-27
- East goodwin light vessel 51-13.30N 001-36.40E2026-08-16
- Bassurelle buoy 50-32.70N 000-57.70E missing2024-04-16
- All navigational aids at platform 49/27-H 53-00.30N 002-12.90E inoperative2024-04-14
- All navigational aids at platform 49/27-ED 53-03.60N 002-12.60E inoperative2024-04-12
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
140 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 02:22Z; source collection times vary.
Nav aids
Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →
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.