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AIS vessel SAPPHIRE IV - show graphs
Callsign: MHKA3
MMSI number: 232017000
IMO number: 298416
Navigational status: Engaged in fishing (7)
Vessel class: Fishing (30)
Destination: (ETA Jun16 20:13)
Location: 54°10.03' N 5°18.38' W - locator IO74IE30FC - show map
22.4 km Southeast bearing 118° from Ardglass, N Ireland, United Kingdom [?]
28.8 km Southeast bearing 147° from Portaferry, N Ireland, United Kingdom
61.5 km Southeast bearing 138° from Belfast, City of Belfast, N Ireland, United Kingdom
111.5 km Northeast bearing 33° from Dublin, Dublin City, Leinster, Ireland
Last position: 2025-03-10 05:07:53 UTC (1d 13h57m ago)
2025-03-10 05:07:53 GMT local time at Ardglass, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 297° – heading 302°
Speed: 14 km/h
Dimensions: length 473 m width 24 m draught 3.4 m
Last path: MHKA3>ais via GD4RVQ
Positions stored: 27514
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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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