Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0800Z to 1630Z daily 04 thru 07 mar in area bound by 44-43.8N 032-52.2E, 44-34.8N…

HYDROLANT 450/03

issued: 2003-02-27 14:00Z
status: cancelled 2003-03-07 17:30Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2003-03-07 17:30Z
cancels: HYDROLANT 123/03
authority: NAVAREA III 161/03 271116Z FEB 03; NAVAREA V 267, 268, 271/03 270406Z FEB 03; NAVAREA III 153/03 270900Z FEB 03; NAVAREA III 270903Z FEB 03
sea: Black Sea
position: 44.774, 32.461
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0800Z TO 1630Z DAILY
   04 THRU 07 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY
   44-43.8N 032-52.2E, 44-34.8N 032-37.4E,
   44-39.0N 032-11.5E, 44-48.4N 032-08.2E,
   45-00.2N 032-14.2E, 44-52.2N 032-41.6E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 123/03(52), 419/03(24),
   420/03(24), 425/03(52) AND 439/03(24).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 071730Z MAR.

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2003-03-04 08:00Z	2003-03-04 16:30Z	—	8 h 30
2003-03-05 08:00Z	2003-03-05 16:30Z	—	8 h 30
2003-03-06 08:00Z	2003-03-06 16:30Z	—	8 h 30
2003-03-07 08:00Z	2003-03-07 16:30Z	—	8 h 30

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

1415 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now

Season · when military exercises happen here

month of issue, all years in the archive

Timeline

Platform established in 33-51.7N 012-03.5Ecancels · 2003-01-17
Platform established in 33-51.7N 012-03.5Ereplaced · 2003-01-17
Man overboard in 30-24S 049-06W at 231230Z febreplaced · 2003-02-23
Radiobeacon at cabo sao tome light 22-02.5S 041-03.2W inoperativereplaced · 2003-02-24
Nemours light 35-05.9N 001-52.3W unreliablereplaced · 2003-02-24
Seismic survey in progress until 28 feb by M/V ramform explorer towing eight 6500 meter long cables in area…replaced · 2003-02-26

Nearby now · within 120 nm

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Object adrift in vicinity 44-00.65N 030-34.50E at 120630Z augDebris · 93 nm
Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 99.9 nm
Drilling operations by fatih platform (imo 9503770Surveys · 100.4 nm
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1- drilling operations by abdulhamid han rig (imo 9705093Surveys · 108.7 nm
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Worldwide now

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Exercises

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