Ordnance

Underwater ordnance detonations in progress until 152359Z jan in 26-47.67N 050-48.76E

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 154/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-16 00:59Z

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) · USS SCOUT 130610Z JAN 11.. Issued 2011-01-14 09:59Z. 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 26.794, 50.813. 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 Persian Gulf →

issued: 2011-01-14 09:59Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2011-01-16 00:59Z
authority: USS SCOUT 130610Z JAN 11.
issued by: USS SCOUT
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 26.794, 50.813
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
ORDNANCE.
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   152359Z JAN IN 26-47.67N 050-48.76E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160059Z JAN.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · ordnance operations

84 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.

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

Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 59.9 nm
Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 61.5 nm
Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 61.6 nm
Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 61.7 nm
Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 69.3 nm
Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 72.5 nm
Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 77.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 17:35Z; source collection times vary.

Ordnance

Ordnance disposal, underwater detonations and unexploded ordnance. All current ordnance operations →

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