Unexploded ordnance on wreck within 500 meters of 44-03-38N 009-45-06E
Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 383/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-09-30 10:15Z
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) · MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 72/02 151311Z FEB 02. Issued 2002-02-17 11:50Z. 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
- Ligurian Sea. The parsed report position is 44.061, 9.752 with a 0.3 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
- Unexploded ordnance within 500 meters of 44-03-12N 009-45-54Ecancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2002-02-17 11:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 72/02 151311Z FEB 02
- issued by
- MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA
- sea
- Ligurian Sea
- position
- 44.061, 9.752 · r 0.3 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 53106 (5TH ED). 1. UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE ON WRECK WITHIN 500 METERS OF 44-03-38N 009-45-06E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 192/02.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Dangerous wreck
- A sunken vessel close enough to the surface to endanger ships, or wreckage reported in the water.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
76 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Underwater ordnance detonations 13 jul, alternate 14 jul in 41-17.2N 009-30.6E2006-07-12
- Ordnance drop exercises 01 apr within 4000 meters of 41-18.1N 009-29.0E2005-03-31
- Ordnance detonations 02 nov, alternate 03 nov within 4000 meters of 41-15.1N 009-36.2E2004-11-02
- Underwater ordnance detonations 03 feb within 4000 meters of 41-15.1N 009-36.2E2004-02-03
- Underwater ordnance detonations 08 aug vicinity 41-17.2N 009-30.6E2002-08-07
- Underwater ordnance detonations 0700Z to 1700Z daily 04 thru 07 feb within one mile of 43-59-00N 009-55-30E2002-02-01
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
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:33Z; source collection times vary.
Ordnance
Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →
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.