Callsign:	GCOW
MMSI number:	232001480
IMO number:	50797
Navigational status:	Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class:	Tug (52)
Destination:	HMNB CLYDE (ETA Nov16 19:00)
Location:	56°03.20' N 4°49.22' W - locator IO76OB12NS - show map 3.2 km South bearing 170° from Garelochhead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom [?] 5.3 km Northwest bearing 321° from Rhu, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom 40.8 km Northwest bearing 301° from Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom 101.5 km West bearing 277° from Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Last position:	2025-11-04 16:38:48 UTC (14d 12h13m ago) 2025-11-04 16:38:48 GMT local time at Garelochhead, United Kingdom [?]
Course:	97° – heading 166°
Speed:	0 km/h
Dimensions:	length 32 m width 10 m draught 4.2 m
Last path:	GCOW>ais via MM7BVP
Positions stored:	34327

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.