NAVIGATIONAL
PUBLICATIONS
NAVIGATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
ADMILARITY SAILING DIRECTIONS
MARINERS HANDBOOK
OCEAN PASSAGES FOR THE WORLD
ADMILARITY DISTANCE TABLE
LIST OF LIGHT AND FOG SIGNALS
ADMILARITY LIST OF RADIO SIGNALS
TIDE AND TIDAL STREAM PUBLLICATIONS
ASTRONOMICAL PUBLICATIONS
MISC PUBLICATIONS
ADMILARITY SAILING DIRECTIONS
NP 1 TO 72
EACH VOLUME CONTAINS DESCRIPTION
OF COAST AND OFFLYING FEATURES,
NOTES ON TIDAL STREAMS AND
CURRENTS.
INCLUDES INFORMATION ON NAV
HAZARDS, BOUYAGE SYSTEM USED IN
THE AREA, PILOTAGE, REGULATIONS.
INCLUDES PORT FACILITIES, GENERAL
NOTES ON COUNTRIES, SUMMARY OF
SEASONAL CURRENTS, ICE AND CLIMATIC
CONDITIONS
ADMILARITY SAILING DIRECTIONS
NP 1 TO 72
SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION TO
ADMIRALITY CHARTS QOUTED IN THE
TEXT.
EACH VOLUME COMPLETELY REVISED
EVERY 12 TO 15 YEARS.
EACH VOLUME KEPT UP TO DATE IN THE
MEAN BY SUPPLEMENTS ISSUED EVERY 1-
2 YEARS, EACH BEING CUMULATIVE.
CORRECTIONS ALSO ISSUED IN WEEKLY
EDITION OF ADMILARITY NOTICES TO
MARINERS
MARINERS HANDBOOK
NP 100
CONTAINS INFORMATION OF GENERAL
INTEREST TO MARINERS.
COMPLIMENTRY TO SAILING DIRECTIONS
INCLUDES GENERAL REMARKS ON
CHARTS AND PUBLICATIONS, NOTES ON
ORTHOGRAPHY, NOTES ON OTHER NAV
HAZARDS
REVIEWED AND UPDATED REGULARLY
OCEAN PASSAGES
NP 136
INTENDED FOR PLANNING OCEAN PASSAGE
GIVES RECOMMENDED ROUTES AND DISTANCES
BETWEEN PRINCIPLE PORTS OF WORLD WITH
DETAILSOF WIND, WEATHER, CURRENTS AND ICE
HAZARDS THAT MAY BE ENCOUNTERED.
LINKS VARIOUS VOLUMES OF SAILING
DIRECTIONS
CORRECTED PERIODICALLY BY SUPPLEMENTS
BUT LESS FREQUENTLY AS THE SAILING
DIRECTIONS
ADMILARITY DISTANCE TABLES
NP 350(1), (2), (3)
GIVES SHORTEST NAVIGABLE
DISTANCE BETWEEN FOCAL POINTS
AND CHIEF PORTS OF THE WORLD
THREE VOLUMES AVAILABLE AND
INDIAN OCEAN IS COVERED IN
VOLUME 2
LIST OF LIGHTS AND FOG SIGNALS
NP 74 TO 84
PUBLISHED IN 11 VOLUMES GIVING
WORLDWIDE TABULATION OF ALL LIGHT
HOUSES AND LIGHTS OF NAVIGATIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE
INCLUDES LIGHTSHIPS, LIT FLOATING
MARKS 8 MTRS AND OVER IN HEIGHT,
FOG SIGNALS
VOLUME ‘F’ INCLUDES ARABIAN SEA AND
BAY OF BENGAL
LIST OF LIGHTS AND FOG SIGNALS
NP 74 TO 84
DETAILS AVAILABLE:-
NUMBER
NAME AND DESCRIPTIVE POSITION
APPROXIMATE LAT AND LONG
CHARACTERSTICS
ELEVATION IN METRES
RANGE OF VISIBILITY IN SEA MILES
DESCRIPTION & HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE
PHASES, SECTORS, ARC OF VISIBILITY, PERIOD OF
ILLUMINATION
NEW EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY 18 MONTHS, PREVIOUS
EDITION THEREBY CANCELLED
ADMIRALITY LIST OF RADIO
SIGNALS
CONSISTS OF SIX VOLUMES OF TEXT
AND FOUR BOOKLETS OF DIAGRAMS
VOLUME 1: COAST RADIO STATIONS
VOLUME 2: RADIO NAV AIDS
VOLUME 2a: DIAGRAMS RELATING TO
RADIO BEACONS
VOLUME 3 : RADIO WEATHER SERVICES
VOLUME 3a: DIAGRAM RELATING TO WEATHER
REPORTING AND FORECAST AREAS
VOLUME 4: METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION
STATIONS
VOLUME 5: RADIO TIME SIGNALS: RADIO NAV WARNINGS
VOLUME 5a: DIAGRAMS RELATING TO RADIO COMMUNICATION
VOLUME 6: PORT OPERATIONS, PILOT SERVICES AND TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT
VOLUME 6a: DIAGRAMS RELATING TO VOLUME 6
TIDE AND TIDAL STREAM
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLISHED IN THREE VOLUMES ANNUALLY
VOLUME 2 INCLUDES INDIAN OCEAN
HARMONIC CONSTANTS FOR SOME TIDAL
STREAMS ARE ALSO PUBLISHED
EACH VOLUME DIVIDED THREE PARTS:-
PART I- DAILY PREDICTION OF TIMES AND
HEIGHTS OF HIGH AND LOW WATER FOR
SELECTED STANDARD PORTS
PART II- TIME AND HEIGHT DIFFERENCES FOR
PREDICTION OF HIGH AND LOW WATER FOR
MUCH LARGER NUMBER OF SECONDARY PORTS
PART III- HARMONIC CONSTANTS
ASTRONOMICAL
PUBLICATIONS
SIGHT REDUCTION TABLE FOR MARINE
NAVIGATION (NP 401):- PUBLISHED IN 06
VOLUMES EACH COVERING BAND OF 15
deg LATITUDE
SIGHT REDUCTION TABLE FOR AIR
NAVIGATION:- PUBLISHED IN 03 VOLUMES
THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC (NP 314):-
TABULATES ALL THE DATA FOR THE
REQUIRED YEAR FOR THE PRACTISE OF
ASTRO NAVIGATION AT SEA
STAR FINDER AND IDENTIFIER (NP 323)
MISC PUBLICATIONS
NORIE’S NAUTICAL TABLES (NP 320)
DECCA NAVIGATOR MARK
21OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
DECCA NAVIGATOR MARINE DATA
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