Ordnance
Underwater ordnance detonations 010001Z to 312359Z dec in area between 09-00S 13-00S and 070-00E 073-00E
HYDROPAC 2057/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-01-01 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) · CTG 72.8 130900Z NOV 03; AUSCOAST 270402Z NOV 03. Issued 2003-11-27 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
- No named location parsed. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cape sorell light 42-12S 145-10E unreliablecancelled by this notice
- Perpendicular point light 35-05.6S 150-48.2E unlitcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-12-01 00:01Z | 2003-12-31 23:59Z | — | 743 h 58 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2003-11-27 09:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2004-01-01 00:59Z
- authority
- CTG 72.8 130900Z NOV 03; AUSCOAST 270402Z NOV 03
- issued by
- CTG
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS 010001Z TO 312359Z DEC IN AREA BETWEEN 09-00S 13-00S AND 070-00E 073-00E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2044/03(75) AND 2052/03(75), AIDS RESTORED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 010059Z JAN 04.
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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No parsed position is available for this comparison.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 ordnance operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 17:19Z; 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.