Exercises

Torpedo firing exercises 0700Z to 1600Z daily 28 thru 30 mar within three miles of 43-48N 009-45E

Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 987/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-03-30 17:00Z

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) · MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 144/01 261204Z MAR 01. Issued 2001-03-27 02:49Z. 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
Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 43.800, 9.750 with a 3.0 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 Tyrrhenian Sea →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2001-03-28 07:00Z2001-03-28 16:00Z—9 h
2001-03-29 07:00Z2001-03-29 16:00Z—9 h
2001-03-30 07:00Z2001-03-30 16:00Z—9 h

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

issued
2001-03-27 02:49Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2001-03-30 17:00Z
authority
MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 144/01 261204Z MAR 01
issued by
MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA
sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
position
43.800, 9.750 · r 3.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. TORPEDO FIRING EXERCISES 0700Z TO 1600Z DAILY 28 THRU 30 MAR
   WITHIN THREE MILES OF 43-48N 009-45E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301700Z MAR.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

242 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 12:23Z; source collection times vary.

Exercises

Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →

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.