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AIS vessel VIKING VELA - show graphs
Callsign: LATY8
MMSI number: 257526000
IMO number: 852432
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Passenger (69)
Destination: TILBURY (SPIT PILOT) (ETA Jan10 03:00)
Location: 51°29.35' N 0°52.98' E - locator JO01KL57XJ - show map
6.3 miles Northeast bearing 57° from Sheerness, Kent, England, United Kingdom [?]
7.5 miles Southeast bearing 118° from Southchurch Village, Borough of Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom
41.9 miles East bearing 92° from City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
43.4 miles East bearing 91° from London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-01-10 15:57:25 EST (6d 22h38m ago)
2025-01-10 20:57:25 GMT local time at Sheerness, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 108° – heading 108°
Speed: 18 MPH
Dimensions: length 240 m width 33 m draught 6.6 m
Last path: LATY8>ais via G7OCD
Positions stored: 2730
Stations near current position of VIKING VELA - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
LEON-H0.4 miles 297°2025-01-17 05:15:24 LADY MARY0.6 miles 140°2025-01-13 18:40:41
SVITZER ADIRA0.6 miles 301°2025-01-03 10:42:30 EMBLA0.9 miles 120°2025-01-13 20:22:23
TANGO RIO1.2 miles 117°2025-01-13 23:36:32 ELISABETH1.6 miles 113°2025-01-14 23:15:39
ARCO DIJK1.8 miles 267°2025-01-05 05:54:26 GREAT LAGOS1.8 miles 273°2025-01-17 06:50:21
FRISIAN SPRING1.8 miles 265°2025-01-15 20:55:59 FRENCH WARSHIP LPD2.0 miles 274°2025-01-17 06:00:57
DISTRIBUTOR2.1 miles 286°2024-12-30 11:36:00 YASMINE2.1 miles 108°2025-01-16 16:11:31
SVITZER GANGES2.4 miles 242°2025-01-09 23:34:12 EEMS-DART2.9 miles 276°2025-01-14 05:09:40
PAULINE3.0 miles 101°2025-01-17 02:40:40 JOHANN ESSBERGER3.0 miles 272°2025-01-16 03:56:00
ANTON3.1 miles 273°2025-01-17 01:35:17 GOLDEN ORCHID3.1 miles 269°2025-01-15 00:49:32
WILSON MOSEL3.2 miles 72°2025-01-09 17:45:45 MSC NICOLE X3.4 miles 97°2025-01-17 13:30:32
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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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