Ordnance

Ordnance disposal operations 262200Z to 282200Z mar in area bound by 55-38.0N 020-45.0E, 55-45.8N 020-50.0E,…

Baltic Sea · HYDROLANT 828/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-03-28 23:00Z

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) · LITHUANIA 16/14 240936Z MAR 14.. Issued 2014-03-24 12:25Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2014-03-26 22:00Z	2014-03-28 22:00Z	—	48 h

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

issued: 2014-03-24 12:25Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2014-03-28 23:00Z
authority: LITHUANIA 16/14 240936Z MAR 14.
issued by: LITHUANIA
sea: Baltic Sea
position: 55.732, 20.784
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN BALTIC SEA.
LITHUANIA.
ORDNANCE.
1. ORDNANCE DISPOSAL OPERATIONS 262200Z TO 282200Z MAR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   55-38.0N 020-45.0E, 55-45.8N 020-50.0E,
   55-48.0N 020-50.0E, 55-45.8N 020-45.0E.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 282300Z MAR 14.

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 08:06Z; 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.