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Callsign: MD5Z8
MMSI number: 235015437
IMO number: 715701
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Pleasure (37)
Location: 55°57.66' N 4°54.21' W - locator IO75NX10OP - show map
5.3 km West bearing 269° from Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom [?]
5.8 km Southwest bearing 243° from Kilcreggan, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
41.6 km West bearing 285° from Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
106.2 km West bearing 271° from Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-10-24 08:25:31 UTC (29d 14h54m ago)
2025-10-24 09:25:31 BST local time at Gourock, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 177° – heading 511°
Speed: 12 km/h
Dimensions: draught 0.0 m
Last path: MD5Z8>ais via MM7BVP
Positions stored: 3689
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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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