Underwater ordnance detonations 04 and 05 may within three miles of 27-50.66N 050-30.01E
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1483/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-05-06 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 IX 126/15 030320Z MAY 15.. Issued 2015-05-03 15:38Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 27.844, 50.500 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.
- issued
- 2015-05-03 15:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 126/15 030320Z MAY 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 27.844, 50.500 · r 3.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. ORDNANCE. DNC 10. 1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS 04 AND 05 MAY WITHIN THREE MILES OF 27-50.66N 050-30.01E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 06 MAY 15.
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.
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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
85 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.
- Ordnance clearing operations 0500Z to 1300Z daily 18 thru 21 jul in area bound by 26-12.78N 050-45.55E,…2022-07-17
- Mine clearing operations 301600Z apr to 021600Z may by M/V andromede within three miles of 29-29N 049-37E2015-04-30
- Mine clearing operations 291600Z apr to 021600Z may by M/V andromede within: a. three miles of 28-40N 049-24E2015-04-27
- Underwater ordnance detonations 020300Z to 051600Z jul within 3000 meters of: a. 27-48.64N 050-29.16E2013-07-02
- Underwater ordnance detonations in progress until 251300Z apr in area bound by 27-11.84N 051-45.38E,…2011-04-21
- Bombing exercises: a. in progress until 281200Z feb in area between 26-00.00N 26-20.00N and 052-23.00E…2011-02-23
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
- Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93ENav aids · 60.1 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 104.9 nm
- Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 105.3 nm
- Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 105.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:43Z; 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.