Exercises

Gunnery exercises 091300Z to 091530Z, 100730Z to 100930Z, 101300Z to 101500Z, 110700Z to 110800Z, 110930Z to…

Bay of Biscay · Celtic Sea · France · HYDROLANT 2844/23

issued
2023-12-08 21:04Z
status
cancelled 2023-12-11 22:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2023-12-11 22:00Z
authority
AVURNAV BREST 406/23 082039Z DEC 23.
sea
Celtic Sea
position
48.225, -5.014
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BISCAY.
CELTIC SEA.
FRANCE.
DNC 20.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 091300Z TO 091530Z,
   100730Z TO 100930Z, 101300Z TO 101500Z,
   110700Z TO 110800Z, 110930Z TO 111100Z,
   111130Z TO 111700Z AND 111900Z TO 112100Z DEC
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   48-20.40N 004-37.00W, 48-10.00N 004-37.00W,
   48-10.00N 004-53.00W, 48-05.00N 004-53.00W,
   48-05.00N 005-20.00W, 48-21.00N 005-20.00W,
   48-21.00N 004-53.00W, 48-19.44N 004-53.00W,
   48-19.44N 004-48.34W, 48-19.44N 004-42.57W,
   48-20.01N 004-39.52W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 112200Z DEC 23.

Activity windows · 7 in the telegram

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)local (UTC)length
2023-12-09 13:00Z2023-12-09 15:30ZDec 09, 13:00Dec 09, 15:302 h 30
2023-12-10 07:30Z2023-12-10 09:30ZDec 10, 07:30Dec 10, 09:302 h
2023-12-10 13:00Z2023-12-10 15:00ZDec 10, 13:00Dec 10, 15:002 h
2023-12-11 07:00Z2023-12-11 08:00ZDec 11, 07:00Dec 11, 08:001 h
2023-12-11 09:30Z2023-12-11 11:00ZDec 11, 09:30Dec 11, 11:001 h 30
2023-12-11 11:30Z2023-12-11 17:00ZDec 11, 11:30Dec 11, 17:005 h 30
2023-12-11 19:00Z2023-12-11 21:00ZDec 11, 19:00Dec 11, 21:002 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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