Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship sovereign vicinity 49-49.2N 002-52.4W
English Channel · HYDROLANT 767/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-05-06 16:49Z
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 689/08 051936Z MAY 08.. Issued 2008-05-05 20:38Z. 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
- English Channel. The parsed report position is 49.820, -2.873. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2008-05-05 20:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 689/08 051936Z MAY 08.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 49.820, -2.873
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP SOVEREIGN VICINITY 49-49.2N 002-52.4W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 759/08.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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.
- 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 · cable & pipeline work
626 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Exposed submarine cable along trackline joining 47-39.49N 004-39.75W, 47-37.74N 004-42.30W, 47-36.75N…2024-08-30
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile d'ouessant in vicinity of trackline…2024-08-25
- Cable operations 130001Z thru 280100Z may by cableship athena along trackline joining 49-09.57N 005-37.48W,…2024-05-09
- Cable operations in progress until 03 jun by cableship detector along trackline joining 48-45.15N…2024-05-03
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship detector along trackline joining 51-18.40N…2024-05-01
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship detector along trackline joining 51-18.40N…2024-05-01
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:22Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
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.