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AIS vessel NORTHERN GALE - show graphs
Callsign: MAKS5
MMSI number: 232005600
IMO number: 799290
Navigational status: Restricted manoeuvrability (3)
Vessel class: High Speed Catamaran (40)
Destination: SURVEY CPA 0.5NM (ETA May04 16:00)
Location: 54°19.76' N 4°08.60' W - locator IO74WH29TA - show map
29.7 km Northeast bearing 48° from Douglas, Isle of Man [?]
40.1 km Southwest bearing 243° from Saint Bees, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
119.0 km East bearing 103° from Belfast, City of Belfast, N Ireland, United Kingdom
127.5 km Northwest bearing 324° from Liverpool, City and Borough of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-05-12 11:48:03 UTC (19h37m ago)
2025-05-12 12:48:03 BST local time at Douglas, Isle of Man [?]
Course: 1° – heading 24°
Speed: 6 km/h
Dimensions: length 25 m width 11 m draught 2.2 m
Last path: MAKS5>ais via GD4RVQ
Positions stored: 8486
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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