Ordnance 1. ordnance clearing operations in progress until 31 dec by M/V delfin kasatka and vityaz towing…
Sea of Azov · HYDROLANT 940/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-06-28 07:42Z
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 259/11 050900Z JUN 11.. Issued 2011-06-05 09:10Z. 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
- Sea of Azov. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 940/11 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2011-06-05 09:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 259/11 050900Z JUN 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Azov
- position
- 45.187, 36.611
- vessel
- M/V DELFIN KASATKA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA.
KERCH STRAIT.
ORDNANCE
1. ORDNANCE CLEARING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
31 DEC BY M/V DELFIN KASATKA AND VITYAZ
TOWING TWO 100 METER LONG CABLES
IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 45-08.30N 036-38.63E, 45-08.05N 036-39.57E,
45-05.82N 036-36.77E, 45-06.27N 036-36.67E.
B. 45-12.60N 036-32.94E, 45-14.36N 036-38.54E,
45-13.00N 036-39.38E, 45-08.44N 036-38.06E,
45-09.64N 036-34.78E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 12.
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.
- Towed array / streamer
- Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- 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.
- 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
51 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 in 44-29.44N 033-36.15E2019-05-02
- Unexploded ordnance in 44-42.84N 037-50.50E2019-04-30
- Unexploded ordnance in area within two miles of 44-38.5N 033-28.5E2018-10-31
- Unexploded ordnance in 45-19.3N 036-33.8E2018-08-23
- Unexploded ordnance in area: a. within 800 meters of 44-05.20N 038-52.40E2017-12-13
- Unexploded ordnance, navigation prohibited 022100Z to 122100Z oct in area bound by 44-23.2N 033-46.6E,…2017-10-06
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 2026-10-02 22:08Z; 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.