Ordnance

Ordnance clearing operations 060001Z to 142359Z may in areas bound by: a. 55-56N 021-04E, 55-22N 020-46E,…

Baltic Sea · HYDROLANT 737/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-05-15 00:59Z

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) · LITHUANIAN 17/08 30 APR 08.. Issued 2008-04-30 13:07Z. 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: Baltic Sea. The parsed report position is 55.820, 20.573. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2008-05-06 00:01Z	2008-05-14 23:59Z	—	215 h 58

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

issued: 2008-04-30 13:07Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2008-05-15 00:59Z
authority: LITHUANIAN 17/08 30 APR 08.
issued by: LITHUANIAN
sea: Baltic Sea
position: 55.820, 20.573
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. ORDNANCE CLEARING OPERATIONS 060001Z TO 142359Z MAY
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 55-56N 021-04E, 55-22N 020-46E,
      55-25N 020-42E, 55-34N 020-42E,
      55-37N 020-46E, 56-00N 020-56E,
      56-00N 021-04E, 55-25N 021-00E.
   B. 56-02N 020-00E, 56-02N 020-52E,
      55-50N 020-52E, 55-50N 020-00E.
   C. 55-50N 020-20E, 55-50N 020-52E,
      55-40N 020-52E, 55-40N 020-44E,
      55-36N 020-44E, 55-36N 020-20E.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 150059Z MAY.

Reading this warning

Unexploded ordnance: Bombs, shells, mines or torpedoes found on the seabed or washed up, and the operations to remove or destroy them.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
Wide berth requested: Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
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 · ordnance operations

6 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.

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 2026-10-03 08:07Z; 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.