Exercises

Gunnery exercises sunrise to sunset daily 01 thru 05, 08 thru 12, 15, 16, 19, 22 thru 26 and 29 thru 31 mar…

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 322/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-04-01 00:00Z

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) · 1. MARISICILIA 54/04 241513A FEB 04 2. NAVAREA V 159/04 250359Z FEB 04, NAVAREA VI 62/04 250200Z FEB 04. Issued 2004-02-25 08:10Z. 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 parsed report position is 36.655, 15.015 with a 1.5 nm radius. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued
2004-02-25 08:10Z
status
Archived notice
authority
1. MARISICILIA 54/04 241513A FEB 04 2. NAVAREA V 159/04 250359Z FEB 04, NAVAREA VI 62/04 250200Z FEB 04
NAVAREA
NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
issued by
MARISICILIA
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
36.655, 15.015 · r 1.5 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES SUNRISE TO SUNSET DAILY 01 THRU 05,
   08 THRU 12, 15, 16, 19, 22 THRU 26 AND 29 THRU 31 MAR
   WITHIN 1.5 MILES OF 36-39-19N 015-00-53E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 301/04(24) AND 320/04(23).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 APR.

Reading this warning

Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
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

237 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:43Z; 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.