Exercises

Gunnery exercises 070700Z to 070900Z and 071300Z to 071500Z oct in area bound by 46-40.00N 003-48.45W,…

Bay of Biscay · France · HYDROLANT 2270/23

issued
2023-10-06 17:22Z
status
cancelled 2023-10-07 16:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2023-10-07 16:00Z
authority
AVURNAV BREST 324/23 061721Z OCT 23.
sea
Bay of Biscay
position
46.992, -4.163
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
FRANCE.
DNC 08.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 070700Z TO 070900Z AND
   071300Z TO 071500Z OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   46-40.00N 003-48.45W, 46-40.00N 004-43.70W,
   47-15.46N 004-22.61W, 47-25.00N 004-09.91W,
   47-25.00N 003-58.55W, 47-22.09N 003-53.56W,
   47-18.93N 003-46.53W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071600Z OCT 23.

Activity windows · 2 in the telegram

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)local (UTC)length
2023-10-07 07:00Z2023-10-07 09:00ZOct 07, 07:00Oct 07, 09:002 h
2023-10-07 13:00Z2023-10-07 15:00ZOct 07, 13:00Oct 07, 15:002 h

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