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Callsign: MESW5
MMSI number: 235028771
IMO number: 198721
Navigational status: Undefined/default (15)
Vessel class: Pleasure (37)
Location: 50°38.76' N 1°54.97' W - locator IO90BP05BB - show map
5.2 km Northeast bearing 39° from Swanage, Dorset, England, United Kingdom [?]
8.7 km South bearing 197° from Bournemouth, Borough of Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
101.7 km Southeast bearing 152° from Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
128.0 km Southeast bearing 136° from Cardiff, City and County of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-07-28 12:02:55 UTC (9h50m ago)
2025-07-28 13:02:55 BST local time at Swanage, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 166.100006° – heading 511°
Speed: 16 km/h
Dimensions: length 14 m width 4 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: MESW5>ais via M0TRT
Positions stored: 247
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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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