Brown`s Nautical Almanac/Морской альманах Брауна

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This book is a comprehensive reference book on maritime navigation and ship handling. It contains tables, calculations, and practical information on celestial navigation, tides, courses, meteorology, and maritime safety. It is intended for navigators, sailors, and cadets.

Content
Page Abbreviations, Shipping and Business
Abbreviations Used in Light List
Accidents
Acknowledgements to Tidal Predicting Authorities
Adjusting, Compass
Advertising Index
Aids to Navigation, Electronic
Altitude, for Correcting Observed Altitude of a fixed Star
Altitude, The Observed, of the Sun’s Lower Limb, Correcting
Altitude, Sun’s Parallax in
Altitude, Moons Parallax in
Altitude, Observed of Moon's Lower Limb, Correction
Altitude Observed of Moons Upper Limb, Correction
Altitude, to find True, of Fixed Star
Angle upon the Bow Tables
Anniversaries, etc
APIs (with equivalent SGs) for various Crudes at Oil Loading Ports
Apogee and Perigee of Moon
Arc, Converting Time into
Areas used in Gale Warnings and Weather Bulletins for Shipping
Assistance by Helicopter
Astro Navigation, Practical Explanation
Astronomical and Nautical Tables
Astronomical Characters, Explanation of
Astronomical Data, 2026
Astronomical Ephemeris, Explanation of
Augmentation of the Moon's Semi-Diameter
Average Speed Table for Days comprising 23-25 hours
Azimuth and Ex-Meridian Tables
Azimuth of Pole Star
Beacons & Buoys of UK & Rol, Introduction to Lights
Beacons & Buoys of UK & Rol, List of Lights
Beam Distance Table
Bearings, a Method of Plotting (Radio Direction Finding)
Bearings, Correct Magnetic Courses, with Distances/Baltic Sea
Beaufort Scale of Wind Force
Bills of Lading
Board Measure, to Calculate (BM)
Bow and Beam Bearings and Distance Off
Buoyancy Tables
Business and Shipping Abbreviations
Calculation of Latitude Parts
Calendar 2026-2027
Casualties, Major Maritime
Celestial Body's Azimuth. Calculating
Change Draught at one end only
Change of Trim in Centimetres
Chart Datum to Ordnance Datum in metres
Charts Showing Areas Used in Gale Warnings and Weather Bulletins for Shipping
Charterparties
Check the Length of the Anchor Cable (Chain)
Chronological Notes, 2026
Civil Twilight, Duration of
Clouds
Cnita Member List
Colregs (Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea)
Collisions at Sea, International Regulations for Preventing
Communication, Radio Telephone between Fishery Protection Ships and Fishery Vessels
Compass, Adjusting
Compass, New Pattern, and its Equivalents
Constants. Tidal, for Ports and Places in the UK arranged in Anti-Clockwise Coastal Order
Constants, Tidal, for World Ports
Constellations
Conversion of One Hour in Hundredth Parts (Factor)
Conversion of Metres per Second in Kilometres per Hour and Knots
Conversions, Metric
Conversion Table, Feet/Fathoms/Metres
Conversion Table, Tonnage
Converting Time into Arc and the Reverse
Correction, Moon's Limbs
Correct Magnetic Courses and Bearings, with Distances Baltic Sea
Course alterations/Diagram to find distance deviated from way
Course Correction Tables
Courses and Distances around British Isles and in North Sea and English Channel
Courses and Distances in the Baltic
Current Course Tables
Date, Greenwich
Dale or Calendar Line, The Declination and S.H.A. Stars, 2026
Definitions. Tidal
Depths on Sills and in Channels. Computing
Determining Height of Tide between H.W. and L.W. 0-6 hours
Determining Height of Tide between H.W. and L.W849-8 hours
Dew Point, Table for Finding the
Diagram (Table) to Convert Radio Great Circle bearings
Diagram to find distance deviated from way after a course alteration
Difference between Geodesic Curve Sailing and Great Circle Sailing
Differences in Nautical Miles between a Sphere and a Spheroid (WGS-84)
Dip of Sea Horizon
Dip of Shore Horizon
Dipping Light, Distance from, for Various Heights and Ranges
Distances from Luzon Strait to Sunda Strait
Distance from Port Said L/H to Far Eastern Ports
Distances between Ports of the East Coast of the United States and Principal Cruise Ports of the Caribbean
Distances between Ports and Oil Rigs
Distances between Oil Fields
Distances between various LPG Loading/Discharging Ports within East Coast of South America
Distances of Sea Horizon in Nautical Miles
Distance Table, Gulf Coast/Caribbean/Brazil/River Plate Trader
Distances and Courses around the British Isles, North Sea and English Channel
Distances and Courses in the Baltic
Distances and Knots Tables
Distance Table of Major Ports in Japan to Oil Loading Ports in the Persian Gulf
Distances from British Ports to Principal World Ports
Distance Table-Booby Is. & Cairns, Townsville & Gladstone
Distance between Ports in the Adriatic Sea
Distance Table between Lisbon Shipyard and Europort recommended Anchorage
Distance Table from Manila to Davao
Distances, Tables of Navigable
Distances between Oilfields Table
Distances from U.S. and Canadian Ports to Principal Ports of the World
Distress and Salvage
Distress Signals from Light Houses and Light Vessels
Douglas Scale for Swell
Dover Strait and Channel Navigation Information Service
Draft, Change of Forward/Aft In Centimetres due to Loading/Discharging 100 Metric Tonnes (Table)
Draught Adjustment, Salinity Table
Draught, Increase of, due to Heel (Metric) Table
Eclipses
Electronic Navigation Aids
Employment of Youths and Wages of Seamen
Ephemeris, Astronomical, 2026
Equation of Time, Definition
Ex-Meridian and Azimuth Tables
Explanation of Astronomical Characters
Explanation of Astronomical Ephemeris
Explanation of Altitude Corrections
Explanation of Hour Angles
Explanation of KN Cross Curves and GZ Statical Curve
Explanation of Hydrostatic Curves (Tables)
Fast Method to Compute A Celestial Body’s Azimuth
Finding Distance off in Nautical Miles with the Sextant
Finding the Name of a Day from the Date
Fire Protection and Appliances Rules
Fishery', Protection Vessels, Radio Telephone Communications
Fixed and Movable Festivals, Anniversaries, etc
Flood Areas England
Fog
Free Surface in the Tank
Fundamentals of Radio Aids to Navigation
Gas & Oil Installations in UK Waters
Geodesic Curve Sailing and Great Circle Sailing (Practical Difference)
Geographical Range Table
Geometrical Functions of the Angle
GHA of Sun, Moon, Aries and Planets
Glossary of Terms used in Marine Meteorology
GM (Fluid) by Vessel’s Rolling Period and Beam
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
GPS Researches
Grain Stowage Factors
Gravity, Reduction of Specific
Great Circle Sailing
Great Lakes, Radio Communications on the
Greenwich Date
Greenwich Hour Angle & The Nautical Almanac
Guidance and Useful Information for the Use of
VHF Radiotelephone Equipment at Sea
Guide to Lights, Beacons and Buoys of UK & Rol
Page Heights & Ranges, for various Distances from Dipping Light
Height in Metres of Chart Datum Relative to Ordnance Datum in the British Isles
Height of Tide between H.W. and L.W. 0-6 hours
Height of Tide between H.W. and L.W. from 5-8 hours
Helicopter Assistance
Highest Astronomical Tidal Levels (HAT) in Metres at UK and European Secondary Ports
HM Coastguard and Search and Rescue Offices
Horizon, Sea, Dip of
Horizon, Sea, Distance off in Nautical Miles
Horizon, Shore, Dip of
Hourly Astronomical Elements of Sun, Moon and Planets
How to Find the Name of a Day from the Date
How to Find the Principal Stars
Humidity, Relative per cent
Ice Accumulation on Ships
Ice Observations & Terms Used in Marine Meteorology
Increase of Draught, Due to Heel (Metric) Table
Increments and Corrections Tables, Note on
Increments and Corrections Tables
Inflatable Life-Rafts
Information, Planetary, 2026
Information, VAT, Postage, Digital Publications, etc
Inshore Forecast Areas
Inshore Waters Forecast
International Code Single-Letter System
International Maritime VHF Radio Telephone Facilities, Table of
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
International Standard Time Conversion Table
Introductory
Lading. Bills of
Latitude Parts (Calculation of)
Launching a Ship’s Boat at Sea
Leeway
Lights, Beacons & Buoys of the UK & ROI
Lights, Western European-River Elbe to Brest
Legal section: pages
Bills of Lading
Charterparties
Collision Avoidance and Routeing
Criminal Liabilities
Dangerous Goods
Distress and Salvage
Fire Protection and Appliances Rules
Liens
Loadlines
Maritime Labour Convention
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 & Regulations in General
Oil Pollution
Ports and Pilots
Protest
Provision and Water Regulations
Regulations in General
Reporting Dangers to Navigation and Pollution Incidents
Safe Carriage of Cargo
Safe Operation of Ships
Salvage
Tonnage Measurement
Liens (Legal Section)
Lifeboats-Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Life-Saving Appliance Requirements MGN 560 Ammendment 1 (M)
Life-Rafts, Inflatable
Life-Saving Organisation on Coast of the UK
Lights, Beacons & Buoys of the UK
Lights of the British Isles. Guide to the
Lights, Beacons & Buoys of the Channel Islands
Lights, Western European
Line, The Date or Calendar
Load into First and Last Cargo Hold to get an Even Keel
Load into First and Last Cargo Hold to get a Required Trim
Load Line Zones, Areas and Seasonal Periods
Lower Limb, Sun’s (Correction Table)
Lumber Capacity, Under Deck to Estimate
Luminous Range Diagram
Mandatory Expanded Inspections-EU Directive 2009/16/EC
Manoeuvring Speed, Distance and Time
Marine Environmental High Risk Areas
Marine Meteorology
Marine Safety Information
Maritime and Coast Guard Agency Locations
Maritime Casualties, Major
Maritime Labour Convention
Maritime Radio Beacons, Schedule of
Measure, Board to Calculate (BM)
Measured Mile, Speed on
Mercator Chart (WGS-84) Construction
Metacentric Height and List Calculations
Meteorology, Marine
Meteorological Warnings
Metric Conversion
Moon, Phases of
Moon's Limbs (Correction)
Moon's Parallax
Moon's Position Around Earth
Moon’s Semi-Diameter and Horizontal Parallax
Moveable and Fixed Festivals, Anniversaries, etc
MSI Routine A and Routine В Broadcast Times
Muster and Drills
Nautical Tables and Methods
Navigable Distances between Ports of the World-Contents
Navigable Distances, Tables of
Navtex
Norwegian Coastal Distances
Notes, Astronomical and Chronological, 2026
Notes on Tides of the World
Oil & Gas Installations in UK Waters
Parallaxes
Passage Time in Days; Hours and Decimals
Percentage Slip Table
Perigee and Apogee of the Moon
Periods of Seasonal Zones
Permanent Offshore Installations in UK Waters
Phases of the Moon
Pilotage Information
Phonetic Alphabet
Page Planetary Information, 2026
Platforms, Oil & Gas, and Wind & Wave in UK Waters
Pole-Star, Azimuth of
Polaris (Pole Star) Tables
Ports and Pilotage (Legal Section)
Ports, World, Distances to
Postal Information, Stamps, etc
Practical Difference between Geodesic Curve Sailing and Great Circle Sailing
Practical Differences between a Sphere and a Spheroid
Practical Explanation of Altitude Corrections
Practical Explanation of Hour Angles
Practical Explanation of KN Cross Curves and GZ Statical Curve
Practical Explanation of Hydrostatic Curves (Tables)
Practical Explanation of Draft Calculations
Preventing Collisions at Sea, International Regulations for
Principal Stars, How to Find
Principal Ports of the World, Distances from U.S. and Canada to
Protest (Legal)
Radar, Use of and Electronic Aids to Navigation
Radio Aids to Navigation, Fundamentals of
Radio Bearings
Radio Beacon Call Signs and Frequencies
Radio Communications on the Great Lakes & Approaches
Radio Direction Finding
Radio Great Circle Bearings, Diagram (Table) to Convert to Mercatorial Bearings
Radio Telephone between Fishery Protection
Ships and Fishing Vessels
Radio Telephony Broadcasts
Rafts, Life, Inflatable
Range, Geographical Visibility Table
Range, Luminous Visibility Diagram
Reduction of Specific Gravity
Refraction, at a Standard Temperature
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, International
Relation between Manoeuvring Speed, Distance and Time
Relative Humidity per cent
Rhumbline Sailing
River Thames Information
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Sailings (Geodetic Lines)
Sailings on Mercator Chart
Sailings on Polar Gnomonic Chart
Salinity Table in Inches
Salinity Table in Millimetres
Salvage
Savings in Nautical Miles between True Rhumbline Distances, Practical Great Circle Distances and Method A, NA2
Schedule of Maritime Radio Beacons
Sea Horizon, Dip of
Sea Horizon, Distance of, in Nautical Miles
Sea and Swell Scale
Seasons, 2026
Seasonal Zones, Periods of
Semi-Diameter, Sun’s
Sextant Altitude of a Fixed Star
Sextant, Finding Distance Off, with
rage S.H.A. and Declination Stars
Shipping and Business Abbreviations
Shipping Forecast Broadcast Times
Ship’s Boat, Launching at Sea
Shore Horizon, Dip of
Short Pronouncing Dictionary of Astronomical Names and Terms
Signals of Distress from L.H.’s and L.V.’s
Signals to Attract Attention
Signs of the Zodiac
Solution for Ship Stability
Specific Gravity, Reduction of
Speed of Measured Mile
Speed Over the Ground
Speed Tables, Average for Days comprising 23 to 25 Hours
Speed, Time and Distance Conversion Table
Spherical Trigonometry with Plane Triangles
Spheroidal Trigonometry
Squat Calculations
Standard Draft Survey and Displacement Calculation
Standard Times
Stars, 2026-S.H.A. and Declination
Stars, How to find the Principal
Stowage Factors, Grain
Streams, Tidal around the British Isles and in the North Sea
Suggestions for Maritime Casualties
Sun’s Parallax in Altitude
Sun’s Semi-Diameter
Sun’s Lower Limb (Correction Table)
Surface Installations in UK Waters (Airdata)
Swell Scale and Sea
Tables
Angle upon the Bow Tables
Azimuth and Ex-Meridian Tables
Beam Distance
Bearings, Converting Great Circle to Mercatorial
Buoyancy
Course, Current
Course and Distance (Speed) Over The Ground
Courses and Distances
Dew Point, Finding the
Distance Corrections for Converting Theoretical (Sphere) into Correct Practice Great Circle Distance
Distance Corrections, Rhumbline
Distance Deviated from Way after a Course Alteration
Distance, Difference in Nautical Miles (1852m) between True Rhumbline and GPS
Distance, Savings in Nautical Miles between True Rhumbline, Practical Great Circle Distances and Method A, NA2
Distances and Knots
Distances between Booby Island and Cairns, Townsville and Gladstone (Piloted)
Distances between Lisbon Shipyard and Europort Anchorage
Distances between Major Ports in Japan to Oil Loading. Ports in the Persian Gulf
Distances between Oilfields
Pag Distances between Ports in the Adriatic Sea
Distances between Ports on the East Coast of the United States and Principal Caribbean Cruise Ports
Distances between Ports of the World, Navigable
Distances from Manila to Davao
Draft, Change of Forward/Aft In Centimetres due to Loading/Discharging 100 Metric Tonnes
Draft, Increase due to Heel (Metric)
Draught Adjustment, Salinity Tables
Draught, Change at One End Only
Draught, Increase of, due to Heel (Metric) Table
Ex-Meridian and Azimuth
GM (Fluid) by Vessel's Rolling Period and Beam
Increments and Corrections
International Standard Time-Conversion by Longitude
Navigable Distances between Ports of the World
Percentage Slip
Polaris (Pole Star)
Radio, Convert Great Circle Bearings to Mercatorial Bearings
Range, Geographical Visibility
Range, Luminous Visibility (Diagram)
Relative Humidity per cent
Rhumbline
Rhumbline Distance Corrections
Rhumbline Sailing Method A,NA, Trans-Oceanic Passages by
Salinity, in Inches
Salinity, in Millimetres
Slip, Percentage
Speed, Average for Days comprising 23 to 25 Hours
Speed Over the Ground
Speed, Time and Distance Conversion
Sun, Lower Limb Correction
Tide Height of between H.W. and L.W.-0-6 hours
Tide Height of between H.W. and L.W.-5-8 hours
Times, Converting into Arc
Time, International Standard-Conversion by Longitude
Time, Speed and Distance Conversion
Tonnage Conversion
Trade Winds, Limits
VHF International Maritime Radio Telephone Facilities
VHF Transmitting Frequencies (156-174MHz) for Stations in the Maritime Mobile Service
Tank Soundings Due to Trim
Tank Soundings Due to List
Tanks Vertical Centre of Gravity
Terms Used in Marine Meteorology (Ice)
Thames Barrier
Tidal Constants for Ports and Places of the UK arranged in Anti-clockwise Coastal Order
Tidal Constants for World Ports
Tidal Definitions
Tidal Streams and Currents
Tidal Streams around the British Isles and in the North Sea
Tidal Predicting Authorities, Acknowledgements to
Tide, Height of Tide between H.W. and L.W. from 0-6 hours
Tide, Height of Tide between H.W. and L.W, from 5-8 hours
Tide tables
Aberdeen
Adelaide, Port (Outer Harbour)
Auckland
Balboa
Barrow (Ramsden Dock)
Belfast
Bergen
Blyth
Boston MA
Brest
Bristol (Avonmouth)
Cape Town
Cardiff
Charleston SC
Chiba Light Beacon
Cobh
Cuxhaven
Dalian Gang (Dairen Ko)
Dartmouth
Dieppe
Dover
Dublin (North Wall)
Dundee
Dunkerque
Durban
Esbj erg
Falmouth
Fleetwood
Freetown
Galway
Gibraltar
Glasgow
Great Yarmouth
(Gorleston-on-Sea) Greenock
Grimsby
Halifax NS
Hartlepool
Harwich
Hoek Van Holland
Holyhead
Hong Kong (Quarry Bay)
Hull (Albert Dock)
Huludao Gang (Jinzhou)
Incheon
Immingham
Jebel Ali (Dubai)
Kirkwall
Kobe
Le Havre
Leith
Lerwick
Lisbon
Liverpool (Gladstone Dock)
London Bridge (Tower Pier)
Lowestoft
Lyttelton NZ
M azatitin
Middlesbrough (Dock Entrance)
Milford Haven
Muroran
Nagoya
Newport
Osaka
Plymouth (Devonport)
Pointe-au-Рerе QC
Pointe de Grave
Port Adelaide (Outer Harbour)
Portland
Portsmouth
Portugalete (Bilbao)
ftlgc Quebec QC
Reykjavik
Richards Bay
Rio de Janeiro
River Foyle (Lisahally)
River Tyne (North Shields)
Sandy Hook NJ
San Francisco CA (Golden Gate)
Saint John NB
Shanghai
Singapore (Tanjong Pagar)
Southampton
Stavanger
Sunderland
Swansea
Sydney (Fort Denison)
Takoradi
Tianjin Gang (Tianjn)
Tianshenggang
Tilbury
Tsim Bei Tsui
Ulsan
Valparaiso
Vancouver BC
Victoria BC
Vlissingen (Flushing)
Westport NZ
West Stones
Wilhelmshaven
Yangon (Rangoon)
Yokohama (Shinko)
Tide. Hood, Direction of Main Stream of
Tides of the World, Notes on
Timber Weights and Measurements
Timber Weights Average
Timber Measure, The Metric Unit of
Time, Speed and Distance Conversion Table
Tonnage Conversion Tables
Trade Winds’ Limits Table
Traffic Separation Schemes
Trigonometry (Spherical) with Plane Triangles
Trigonometry (Spheroidal)
Trim and Drafts Forward and Aft. How to Find
Trim Calculations
True Rhumbline Distance (WGS-84) Calculations
Twilight, Duration of Civil
UK and Near European Waters Maritime Radio Beacons
Under-Deck Lumber Capacity, To Estimate
Urgency Signals
Use of Electronic Aids to Navigation
Vegetable and Animal Oils Constants
VHF Channels, Canada
VHF Channels, France
VHF Direction Finding Service/Maritime Radio Beacons
VHF International Maritime Radio Telephone Facilities
Visibility, Fog and Scale
Water Vapour
Weather Notation, Beaufort
Western European Lights-River Elbe to Brest
Wind & Wave Installations in UK Waters
Wind Scale, Beaufort
World Ports, Tidal Constants for
Zodiac, Signs of the
Zone Time Differences and Tidal Streams
Zones, Seasonal, Periods of