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AIS vessel SOUTHPAW - show graphs
Callsign: PCQM
MMSI number: 244491000
IMO number: 56109
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: VANCOUVER (ETA May05 21:00)
Location: 50°02.01' N 2°44.16' W - locator IO80PA18QA - show map
52.3 km Northwest bearing 313° from Alderney, England, United Kingdom [?]
59.1 km South bearing 200° from Easton, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
106.9 km East bearing 110° from Plymouth, City of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
135.0 km Southwest bearing 225° from Southampton, City of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-03-10 07:50:30 UTC (4d 7h40m ago)
2025-03-10 07:50:30 GMT local time at Alderney, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 255° – heading 254°
Speed: 13 km/h
Dimensions: length 26 m width 11 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: PCQM>ais via rikgale
Positions stored: 117
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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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