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SPS L-61

MilitaryMilitary operationsSpain

Position 1 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
SPS L-61
MMSI
225988520
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
EBBS
Flag state
Spain (MID 225)
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
35
Type
Military operations
Category
Military
Length overall
232 m
Beam
32 m
Draught
4.5 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
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Restricted manoeuvrability
Speed over ground
0.2 kn
Course over ground
84°
True heading
262°

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
36° 31.119' N
Longitude
6° 14.471' W
Decimal
36.51865, -6.24118
Received
1 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 SPS L-61's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from SPS L-61
VB JEREZTug0.0 nm228° SW
VB ROTATowing vessel0.1 nm84° E
VB ALMERIATug0.1 nm263° W
VB CADIZTowing vessel0.1 nm96° E
GALINA SCargo ship0.5 nm273° W
HSL YOKOHAMACargo ship0.7 nm278° W
TOPAZ DANUBECargo ship0.9 nm301° WNW
REGULUS VIIUnknown0.9 nm255° WSW
UCADIZOther type (reserved code 95)1.2 nm235° SW
OCEAN CARRIERCargo ship1.3 nm230° SW
SAFFEN ATHENA 2Other type1.4 nm223° SW
SAR MESANASearch and rescue vessel1.4 nm227° SW
BUENAVISTA EXPRESSPassenger ship2.1 nm285° WNW
AUSTRALWing-in-ground craft (reserved code 25)2.1 nm295° WNW
VB ALBATROSTug2.1 nm293° WNW

Ranked by great-circle distance from SPS L-61'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”.