Notice to Mariners
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From: Department of Defence
- Published on: 21 October 2019
- Last updated on: 1 July 2021
AIR CORPS FIRING EXERCISES AND AIR DEFENCE ARTILLERY FIRING EXERCISES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Air Corps Exercises/Air Defence Artillery Firing Exercises will be held as detailed hereunder
EAST COAST - BEN HEAD (DANGER AREA D 1)
Throughout the period 1 JANUARY to 31 DECEMBER Air Corps and Air Defence Artillery Firing Exercises will be carried out in the area of BEN HEAD.
The Danger Area comprises an area contained within the following co-ordinates:
- a circle having a radius of 3NM centred on GORMANSTON AERODROME (53º38'41" N; 06º13'43" W)
- the smaller segment of a circle of radius 10NM centered on GORMANSTON AERODROME (53º38'41" N; 06º13'43" W) and extending seawards with radial boundaries on the true bearings 015º and 106º
Secretary General
- Address:
- Department of Defence, Station Road, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 AD93
NOTE: Marine notices will issue from the Maritime Safety Directorate within four to six weeks prior to a shoot taking place. Warning Notices will also appear in national and local newspapers and periodically on the monthly magazine "Afloat" website, approximately one week prior to the shoot.
Mariners are particularly requested to notify the
Maritime Safety Directorate
- Address:
- Department of Transport, Leeson Lane, Dublin 2
immediately if they discover any new dangers to navigation or changes and defects in aids to navigation.