Torpedo firing exercises 01 thru 04 apr within 2000 meters of 36-59.7N 010-16.2E
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 780/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-04-05 00:01Z
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) · NAVAREA III 151/13 271208Z MAR 13.. Issued 2013-03-27 14:47Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 36.995, 10.270 with a 1.1 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2013-03-27 14:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 151/13 271208Z MAR 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 36.995, 10.270 · r 1.1 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. TUNISIA-NORTHEAST COAST. ORDNANCE. 1. TORPEDO FIRING EXERCISES 01 THRU 04 APR WITHIN 2000 METERS OF 36-59.7N 010-16.2E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 APR 13.
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.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations
21 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.
- Unexploded ordnance within 300 meters of 39-52.43N 009-49.04E2006-11-24
- Unexploded ordnance in 39-31.47N 009-39.63E2006-11-16
- Underwater ordnance detonations in progress thru 30 aug vicinity 39-08.5N 009-39.9E2006-08-24
- Underwater ordnance detonations in progress thru 29 aug vicinity 39-28.7N 009-43.4E2006-08-23
- Ordnance drop exercises 31 may within 4000 meters of 38-59.6N 008-18.6E2005-05-30
- Underwater ordnance detonations 05 may within three miles of 39-07.3N 009-11.7E2005-05-05
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 2026-09-30 18:34Z; 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.