3519/2026
Mine countermeasures operations in Baie de Douarnenez, Iroise, 12-16 Oct 2026
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No longer in forceA mine countermeasures warship will operate in Baie de Douarnenez with deployment of underwater drones and divers. Moored obstructions will be placed occupying the subsurface volume down to 10 metres. Operations apply in the rectangle bounded by the four given points from 12 Oct to 16 Oct 2026 inclusive. Mariners must not approach within 500 m of the vessel or deploy fishing gear in the area.
Do not enter within 500 m of the vessel engaged in minehunts or with divers in the water; do not deploy fishing gear in the operating area.
- Type
- Military exercise · severity high
- Feed
- Military exercises and firingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Baie de Douarnenez, Iroise
- Validity
- From 12 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Until 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTCDU LUNDI 12 OCTOBRE AU VENDREDI 16 OCTOBRE 2026 INCLUS - Activity periods
- 12 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC - 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC (From Monday 12 October to Friday 16 October 2026 inclusive)
- Hazards
- moored obstructions, underwater drones, divers in the water, mine countermeasures vessel operations
- Keep clear
- 0.27 NMNE PAS PENETRER DANS UN CERCLE DE RAYON DE 500M AUTOUR DU BATIMENT EN OPERATION DE CHASSE AUX MINES OU AYANT DES PLONGEURS A L'EAU
- Least depth
- 10 m (33 ft)
Vessels involved
- Unnamed · mine countermeasures vessel
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRCC EtelFranceMMSI 00227500059 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC JobourgFrance138 NM from the area
- RCCMRSC BrixhamUnited KingdomMMSI 002320013141 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Pointe du RazMRCC CorsenFranceMMSI 002275300VHF 24range 24 NM12 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Pen MarchMRCC EtelFranceMMSI 002275000VHF 28range 28 NM21 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station CorsenMRCC CorsenFranceMMSI 002275300VHF 27, MF 140range 140 NM21 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Stiff OuessantMRCC CorsenFranceMMSI 002275300VHF 33, MF 140range 140 NM30 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Batz IslandMRCC CorsenFranceMMSI 002275300VHF 27range 27 NM41 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 09 Oct 2026, 16:38 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.