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AIS vessel BLACK VELVET - show graphs
Callsign: MKST6
MMSI number: 235089232
Vessel class: Sailing (36)
Location: 50°34.34' N 2°27.04' W - locator IO80SN57WI - show map
0.4 miles Northwest bearing 322° from Portland, Dorset, England, United Kingdom [?]
0.9 miles Northwest bearing 337° from Fortuneswell, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
61.3 miles South bearing 174° from Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
70.2 miles Southeast bearing 153° from Cardiff, City and County of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-01-31 16:31:24 EST (8h3m ago)
2025-01-31 21:31:24 GMT local time at Portland, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 360° – heading 511°
Speed: 0 MPH
Last path: MKST6>ais via rikgale
Positions stored: 72
Stations near current position of BLACK VELVET - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
ALTARAMA22.1 yards 20°2025-02-01 00:32:33 BELLE FILLE28.1 yards 342°2025-02-01 00:21:10
LA SORCIERE52.1 yards 320°2025-01-21 09:15:24 BRINDABELLA55.9 yards 108°2025-01-25 12:11:32
GUMDROPS81.7 yards 349°2025-01-31 05:13:50 ALACRITY82.5 yards 28°2025-02-01 00:34:04
JULIETTE84.1 yards 47°2025-01-06 08:43:30 SEA JESTER110.0 yards 328°2025-01-17 16:35:20
REMI117.0 yards 323°2025-01-31 23:16:13 RUBY TUESDAY129.0 yards 291°2025-01-26 12:35:10
MAKO MY DAY137.0 yards 218°2025-01-18 11:11:31 SMIT FROME147.0 yards 338°2025-02-01 00:33:34
SMIT WEY151.3 yards 338°2025-01-31 07:26:49 SKINDEEP160.7 yards 233°2025-01-07 05:24:00
EQUINOX225.8 yards 218°2025-01-10 05:16:01 MATAPAN0.4 miles 120°2025-01-09 01:08:11
WILLENDEAVOUR0.4 miles 117°2025-01-23 06:41:58 EXCALIBUR0.5 miles 108°2025-01-26 19:47:28
RFA TIDEFORCE0.6 miles 87°2025-01-31 07:47:34 RUPERT BEST0.6 miles 108°2025-02-01 00:33:04
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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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