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AIS vessel WHITCHALLENGER - show graphs
Callsign: VQAU3
MMSI number: 235007413
IMO number: 252278
Navigational status: Moored (5)
Vessel class: Tanker, carrying hazard/pollutant cat A (81)
Destination: GBSOU
Location: 50°50.20' N 1°19.49' W - locator IO90IU10AT - show map
5.2 miles North bearing 347° from Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom [?]
5.7 miles North bearing 344° from East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
69.6 miles Southwest bearing 229° from London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
70.9 miles Southwest bearing 229° from City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2024-05-10 18:34:17 EDT (4m3s ago)
2024-05-10 23:34:17 BST local time at Cowes, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 360° – heading 320°
Speed: 0 MPH
Dimensions: length 85 m width 15 m draught 5.0 m
Last path: VQAU3>ais via G7RUH
Positions stored: 140214
Stations near current position of WHITCHALLENGER - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
SAKURA PRINCESS120.1 yards 305°2024-05-10 18:34:17 AINAZI273.8 yards 312°2024-05-10 18:34:17
CAROLINE A300.1 yards 293°2024-05-10 18:34:17 PHENIX326.1 yards 153°2024-05-10 18:34:17
GRACIE366.3 yards 88°2024-04-13 09:47:30 ENDEAVOUR396.6 yards 85°2024-05-10 07:39:56
JAYNEE W421.7 yards 302°2024-05-10 18:34:17 MOONCRESTA0.3 miles 73°2024-05-06 04:24:17
STARFISH ENTERPRISE0.3 miles 344°2024-05-05 07:43:04 BLUE GLEN0.3 miles 145°2024-05-06 10:08:33
SAHARA0.4 miles 349°2024-05-07 04:53:08 DRIFTER OF MOCHRAS0.4 miles 57°2024-04-21 01:49:24
ALISON MACGREGOR0.4 miles 27°2024-05-10 10:53:12 SEASHARK0.5 miles 317°2024-05-10 18:34:17
SEA SPRAY0.5 miles 71°2024-05-10 14:35:48 2350332210.5 miles 174°2024-05-07 22:56:09
SEA SCAMP0.6 miles 105°2024-04-21 04:11:16 JUNO0.6 miles 67°2024-05-04 08:52:50
DRAGON0.6 miles 74°2024-05-05 14:15:35 2ND WIND0.6 miles 67°2024-04-25 05:23:30
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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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