Nav aids

Dover Strait

North Sea · HYDROLANT 356/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-09-01 10:21Z

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 243/12 121410Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-12 15:30Z. 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: North Sea. The parsed report position is 51.156, 1.785. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Sea →

issued: 2012-02-12 15:30Z
status: Archived notice
authority: WZ 243/12 121410Z FEB 12.
issued by: WZ
sea: North Sea
position: 51.156, 1.785
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DOVER STRAIT.
CHART 37140
SANDETTIE LIGHTSHIP 51-09.355N 001-47.122E
RANGE REDUCED TO 15 MILES AND
DISPLAYED ONLY DURING DARKNESS.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

1851 within 180 nm since 1997 · 4 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.

East goodwin light vessel 51-13.30N 001-36.40E, discontinued2026-09-27
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

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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:24Z; 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.