Admiralty Publications(PART 1)

 

        Admiralty Publications  ( PART 1 )

 

1)    Notice to Mariners

 

·        Issued as three types  ( Weekly , Cumulative , yearly )

·        Issued by hydrographic department of the British Admiralty

·        In India Hydographic department of the Indian Navy at Dehra dun issues it.

·        The symbol (*) appears in Notice to Mariners of the British Admiralty . it means that the  notice is based on original information.

·        It is used to keep the charts and other books for the latest information.

 

Contents :

 

1)    Index

Explanatory notes

1A - contains list of T& P’s cancelled during the month

1B – list of current edition of all publications

 

2)    Corrections and updates to charts

 

3)    Reprint radio navigational warning

Hydrolants – warnings for Pacific and Indian oceans

Hydropacs  - Atlantic and Meditterean sea

 

4)    Update to Admiralty Sailing Direction

 

5)    Update to Admiralty list of light and fog signals

Asterk mark (*) indicates change in light

Asterk mark in column indicates new light

 

6)    Update to Admiralty list of Radio Signals

 

7)    Update to Miscellaneous Publication

Mariner handbook

Tide table

Distance table

Ocean Passage of World

Nautical Almanac

IALA Buoyage

Symbols Chart

ENC symbol used in ECDIS

Admiralty products update

Paper chart maintenance record

 

8)    Admiralty Digital Products and Publications

 

 

Contents of Indian Notice to Mariners

 

Section  1 – Index to chart affected

Section  2 -  Permanent Notices

Section 3 –  T & P notice to mariners

Section 4 -  Marine Information

Section 5 – Radio Nav warnings ( Only nav area 8 )

Section 6 – Corrections to Admiralty Sailing directions

Section 7 – Corrections to Admiralty  list of light and fog signals

Section 8 – Corrections of Admiralty list of Radio Signals

Cumulative Notice to Mariners

 

·        Published every six months

·        Contains notices affecting the different charts with the weekly notice number , adjoining it for the previous 2 years.

·        It also contains the information of rest of publications which are given in weekly notice to mariners .

·        It also gives information of digital publication.

·        Published in January and June / july each year.

·        Contains list of all nautical charts available ( current edition and date of issue ) and a complete list of all notice to mariners affecting them during the previous two years.

 

Note: 

( Cumulative list of Admiralty notice to mariners records the date of issue of the current edition of each navigational chart and weekly notice to mariners issued since last published cumulative list of admiralty notice to mariners )

 

Annual Summary of Admiralty Notice to Mariners

 

·        It contains reprints of T & P notices

·        Corrections to  sailing directions

·        Corrections for other admiralty publications  

 

Admiralty Chart Catalogue  NP 131

 

·        Published by Hydrographic department of Navy every year

·        It revised and republished every year 1^st December

 

Contents of chart Catalogue

 

·        General Instructions

·        List of Admiralty Chart agents

·        Comprehensive reference in graphical and textual form of all admiralty charts

·        Full detail info of individual charts ( title , scale , coverage and price )

·        Comprehensive reference in graphical and textual form of Admiralty Publications

·        List of Admiralty Chart Index

·        Chart diagram showing coverage area of charts

·        Details of electronic charts

·        Coverage area of publications

·        Diagrammatic index of coverage

·        Title of various charts and publications .

 

( Corrections of this catalogue by weekly notice to mariners section 2 )

 

 

Admiralty Sailing Direction  ( NP 1 to NP 73 )

 

·        It has total 75 volumes

·        Also known as Pilot books]

·        New publication published every 12 years

·        It’s getting up to date by supplement which published by admiralty every 18 months

·         It also get the correction in annual notice to mariners

·        Its area of coverage is shown in chart catalogue

·        India has two volumes Vol 21 East coast and Vol 38 West coast

·        It gives following information

             Local regulations

             Port facilities

             Harbour approaches

             Climate conditions

             Weather conditions

           Type of coast line

           Hazard and danger of navigation

           Buoys system used

            Meteorological history

 

Note :

( Correction of this publication by weekly notice to mariners section 4  )

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