Ordnance

Unexploded ordnance in 56-11.64N 002-42.28W

North Sea · HYDROLANT 358/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-02-07 15:23Z

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 113/19 031500Z FEB 19.. Issued 2019-02-03 19:45Z. 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 56.194, -2.705. 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
2019-02-03 19:45Z
status
Archived notice
authority
WZ 113/19 031500Z FEB 19.
issued by
WZ
sea
North Sea
position
56.194, -2.705
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH SEA.
DNC 20, DNC 21.
CHART 35014.
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN 56-11.64N 002-42.28W.

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.
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

22 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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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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 16:01Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

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

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