Exercises

Gunnery exercises 140800Z to 140900Z and 141900Z to 142100Z dec in area bound by 47-18.93N 003-46.53W,…

Bay of Biscay · France · HYDROLANT 2881/23

issued
2023-12-13 23:40Z
status
cancelled 2023-12-14 22:00Z (archive)
self-cancels
2023-12-14 22:00Z
authority
AVURNAV BREST 411/23 131905Z DEC 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 140800Z TO 140900Z AND
   141900Z TO 142100Z DEC IN AREA BOUND BY
   47-18.93N 003-46.53W, 47-22.09N 003-53.56W,
   47-25.00N 003-58.55W, 47-25.00N 004-09.91W,
   47-15.46N 004-22.61W, 46-40.00N 004-43.70W,
   46-40.00N 003-48.45W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 142200Z DEC 23.

Activity windows · 2 in the telegram

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)local (UTC)length
2023-12-14 08:00Z2023-12-14 09:00ZDec 14, 08:00Dec 14, 09:001 h
2023-12-14 19:00Z2023-12-14 21:00ZDec 14, 19:00Dec 14, 21:002 h

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This area · military exercises

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