Exercises

Gunnery exercises 240900Z to 241100Z and 241500Z to 241700Z jan in area bound by 48-21.00N 005-20.00W,…

Bay of Biscay · France · HYDROLANT 176/24

issued
2024-01-23 16:20Z
status
cancelled 2024-01-24 18:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2024-01-24 18:00Z
authority
AVURNAV BREST 25/24 231535Z JAN 24.
sea
Celtic Sea
position
48.220, -4.999
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
FRANCE.
DNC 20.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 240900Z TO 241100Z AND
   241500Z TO 241700Z JAN IN AREA BOUND BY
   48-21.00N 005-20.00W, 48-21.00N 004-53.00W,
   48-19.44N 004-48.34W, 48-19.44N 004-42.57W,
   48-20.01N 004-39.52W, 48-20.40N 004-37.00W,
   48-10.00N 004-37.00W, 48-05.00N 004-53.00W,
   48-05.00N 005-20.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241800Z JAN 24.

Activity windows · 2 in the telegram

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)local (UTC)length
2024-01-24 09:00Z2024-01-24 11:00ZJan 24, 09:00Jan 24, 11:002 h
2024-01-24 15:00Z2024-01-24 17:00ZJan 24, 15:00Jan 24, 17:002 h

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This area · military exercises

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Exercises

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

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