ADMIRALTY NAUTICAL Paper Publications

ADMIRALTY Sailing Directions

Directions are designed for use by the merchant mariner on all classes of oceangoing vessels with essential information on all aspects of navigation.

 Sailing Directions are complementary to ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Charts and provide worldwide coverage in 74 volumes. Each publication contains quality colour photography and views, as well as information on navigational hazards, buoyage, meteorological data, details of pilotage, regulations, port facilities and guides to major port entry.

ADMIRALTY Tidal Publications

ADMIRALTY Tide Tables detail the times and heights of high and low waters for over 230 standard and 6000 secondary ports in the UK and Ireland, Europe, the Indian Ocean, South China Sea and Pacific Ocean for each day of the year. The tables outline methods of prediction, the effect
of meteorological conditions on tides and provide additional information on Exceptional tidal factors in each area. 

ADMIRALTY Tidal Stream Atlases display, in diagrammatic form, the major tidal streams for selected waters of northwestern Europe, including direction and rate at hourly intervals. Graded arrows illustrate Mean, Neap and Spring tidal rates in tenths of a knot. There is also a diagram to help you calculate the tidal stream rate for a given date.

ADMIRALTY List of Radio Signals

The ADMIRALTY List of Radio Signals series provides comprehensive information on all aspects of Maritime Radio Communications. The data is organized into six volumes, some divided into several parts for ease of handling. Each of the six volumes is presented in a user-friendly format with full colour photographs and diagrams. 

NP281 (Parts 1 & 2) - Maritime Radio Stations

NP282 - Radio Aids to Navigation, Satellite Navigation Systems, Differential GPS (DGPS) Legal Time, Radio Time Signals and Electronic Position Fixing Systems

NP 283 (Parts 1 & 2) - Maritime Safety Information Services

NP 284 - Meteorological Observation Stations

NP 285 - Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)

NP 286 (Parts 1 - 8) - Pilot Services, Vessel Traffic Services and Port Operations

ADMIRALTY List of Lights and Fog Signals

This series of books provides extensive information on all lighthouses, lightships, lit floating marks (over 8m in height), fog
signals and other lights of navigational significance. 

Each publication also gives the characteristics of lights and fog signals, together with the equivalent foreign language light descriptions. Tables can be used to calculate the geographical and luminous ranges of lights. Details for all lights listed include the international number, location and/or name, geographical co-ordinates, characteristics and intensity, elevation in metres, range in sea miles and description of structure.