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RED DRAGON

SailingSailing vesselMalta

Position 16 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
RED DRAGON
MMSI
256005000
IMO number
1009651
Call sign
9HA5654
Flag state
Malta (MID 256)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
36
Type
Sailing vessel
Category
Sailing
Length overall
52 m
Beam
10 m
Draught
5.0 m

Length is the sum of the two AIS reference-point dimensions fore and aft; beam is the sum of the port and starboard pair. Both come from the vessel's own static report.

Voyage & motion

Destination
ITGOA
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.1 kn
Course over ground
242°
True heading
33°

Destination, ETA and navigational status are typed in on the bridge, not measured. Speed, course and heading come from the vessel's instruments.

Last known position

Latitude
44° 24.667' N
Longitude
8° 55.348' E
Decimal
44.41112, 8.92246
Received
16 min ago
Reported by ship
Not reported
Source feed
AISStream.io

This is the latest position our store holds, not a live fix. The vessel has been free to move for the whole of the age shown above.

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Only one position is held for this vessel, so no track can be drawn.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of RED DRAGON's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from RED DRAGON
M&A'SUnknown0.0 nm62° ENE
LICAROUnknown0.0 nm109° ESE
Y2K OTTOBRE BLUUnknown0.0 nm89° E
SPAGNATug0.1 nm287° WNW
VB MARTETug0.1 nm265° W
NO RUSH1Pleasure craft0.1 nm196° SSW
TANITUnknown0.1 nm160° SSE
L'INSTANTPleasure craft0.1 nm188° S
PORTOFINOTug0.1 nm275° W
SYMMETRYPleasure craft0.1 nm202° SSW
RR TURCHIATug0.1 nm278° W
BRISTOLIANSailing vessel0.1 nm176° S
VANGUARDUnknown0.1 nm151° SSE
SYLVANAUnknown0.1 nm198° SSW
ARCADIA 2Unknown0.1 nm147° SSE

Ranked by great-circle distance from RED DRAGON's last known fix, both taken from the same snapshot moment. Neither vessel has necessarily stayed put since — see the age shown above for how stale each position may be. Also available as JSON: /api/nearby.

What this data means

Reading this record

Everything above comes from two different AIS transmissions. Position, speed, course and heading arrive in message 1, 2 or 3, broadcast every few seconds while under way — that is why the position age above can be very small. Name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign, type and dimensions arrive in a separate static report — message 5 for a Class A transponder, message 24 for Class B — sent only around once every six minutes. A vessel can therefore show a fresh position with an old or missing static report, or the reverse.

Nothing here is estimated, interpolated, or carried over from a previous ship at the same MMSI. Where the vessel did not transmit a field, or transmitted a value the standard defines as "not available", we print “Not reported” rather than guess.

Data for this page comes from AISStream.io under Free for any use. Field meanings are explained in the reference guides. Nothing on this page is derived, estimated or filled in — where a field is empty, we print “Not reported”.