Exercises

Torpedo exercises 0500Z to 1600Z daily 15 thru 17 and 23 sep in area within 40 miles of 47-25.00N 005-22.00W

Bay of Biscay · Celtic Sea · France · HYDROLANT 2309/22

issued
2022-09-13 15:34Z
status
cancelled 2022-09-15 15:11Z (archive)
self-cancels
2022-09-23 17:00Z
authority
AVURNAV BREST 471/22 131435Z SEP 22.
sea
Celtic Sea
position
47.417, -5.367 · r 40.0 nm
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
CELTIC SEA.
FRANCE.
DNC 08, DNC 20.
1. TORPEDO EXERCISES 0500Z TO 1600Z DAILY
   15 THRU 17 AND 23 SEP IN AREA WITHIN
   40 MILES OF 47-25.00N 005-22.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231700Z SEP 22.

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-09-15 05:00Z2022-09-15 16:00Z11 h
2022-09-16 05:00Z2022-09-16 16:00Z11 h
2022-09-17 05:00Z2022-09-17 16:00Z11 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

503 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Timeline

Nearby now · within 120 nm

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Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

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

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