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AIS vessel RNLI LIFEBOAT 17-32 - show graphs
Callsign: VSWX5
MMSI number: 235005118
Navigational status: Undefined/default (15)
Vessel class: SAR (51)
Destination: SAR
Location: 50°36.45' N 2°27.02' W - locator IO80SO55XT - show map
2.8 miles North bearing 355° from Portland, Dorset, England, United Kingdom [?]
3.3 miles North bearing 354° from Fortuneswell, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
58.9 miles South bearing 174° from Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
68.1 miles Southeast bearing 152° from Cardiff, City and County of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Last position: 2024-11-28 02:11:31 EST (2d 12m ago)
2024-11-28 07:11:31 GMT local time at Portland, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 360° – heading 511°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 17 m width 8 m draught 1.8 m
Last path: VSWX5>ais via rikgale
Positions stored: 1439
Stations near current position of RNLI LIFEBOAT 17-32 - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
HYDRA0.6 miles 78°2024-11-19 12:53:01 G4UIX-81.0 miles 197°2024-11-26 15:13:22
SMIT ROMNEY1.4 miles 161°2024-11-28 03:33:00 MONJASA PROMOTER1.5 miles 165°2024-11-30 02:16:00
KARI GEORGE 21.8 miles 177°2024-11-14 10:23:50 JOANNA1.8 miles 183°2024-11-15 09:30:13
SHORE THING1.9 miles 186°2024-11-01 09:22:29 H.M.DENHAM2.0 miles 130°2024-11-15 11:38:30
NAZCA2.0 miles 176°2024-11-02 04:01:08 MAKO MY DAY2.0 miles 146°2024-11-10 10:31:31
FREEDOM2.1 miles 157°2024-11-17 10:33:29 TRUE BLUE2.2 miles 186°2024-11-15 16:21:39
CHANNEL CHIEFTAIN 62.3 miles 117°2024-11-26 17:11:17 2476977842.3 miles 180°2024-11-26 11:40:03
STARDUST2.3 miles 185°2024-11-15 07:26:38 ISLAND WIND2.3 miles 183°2024-11-13 10:53:46
SMIT FROME2.4 miles 181°2024-11-30 02:21:50 SMIT WEY2.4 miles 181°2024-11-29 06:40:34
CAPRICHO2.4 miles 182°2024-11-15 08:37:55 SPIRIT OF HOPE2.4 miles 181°2024-11-20 20:46:45
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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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