Ordnance
Underwater ordnance detonations 132300Z to 140600Z nov in area between 35-30N 36-37N and 131-00E 132-40E
HYDROPAC 2094/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-11-12 12:40Z
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) · EODMU FIVE DET ONE 091600Z NOV 02; NAVAREA XI 736/02 120800Z NOV 02; AUSCOAST 120400Z NOV 02. Issued 2002-11-12 08:40Z. 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
- Cable laying operations 15 nov thru 15 dec by vessel dlb 264 along trackline joining 01-15.1N 103-41.9E,…cancelled by this notice
- Sandy cape light 24-43.8S 153-12.6E unreliablecancelled by this notice
- Underwater ordnance detonations 132300Z to 140600Z nov in area bound by 36-37N 131-00E, 36-37N 132-40E,…later cancellation notice
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-11-13 23:00Z | 2002-11-14 06:00Z | — | 7 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2002-11-12 08:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-11-14 07:00Z
- authority
- EODMU FIVE DET ONE 091600Z NOV 02; NAVAREA XI 736/02 120800Z NOV 02; AUSCOAST 120400Z NOV 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- EODMU FIVE DET ONE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER ORDNANCE DETONATIONS 132300Z TO 140600Z NOV IN AREA BETWEEN 35-30N 36-37N AND 131-00E 132-40E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2080/02(71), OPERATIONS SUSPENDED. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2086/02(74), AID RESTORED. 4. CANCEL THIS MSG 140700Z NOV.
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 2026-10-03 01:46Z; 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.