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AIS vessel SMIT DON - show graphs
Callsign: VQGC6
MMSI number: 235008176
IMO number: 667435
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Military operations (35)
Location: 53°18.73' N 4°37.56' W - locator IO73QH44VW - show map
785.0 m Northeast bearing 31° from Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom [?]
5.0 km Northwest bearing 308° from Valley, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
107.7 km East bearing 91° from Dublin, Dublin City, Leinster, Ireland
109.8 km West bearing 265° from Liverpool, City and Borough of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-01-16 07:58:02 UTC (26d 10h44m ago)
2025-01-16 07:58:02 GMT local time at Holyhead, United Kingdom [?]
Course:
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 18 m width 6 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: VQGC6>ais via GD4RVQ
Positions stored: 1
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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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