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WINDCAT 1

High-speed craftHigh-speed craftUnited Kingdom

Position 21 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
WINDCAT 1
MMSI
235018872
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
MFFA6
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
40
Type
High-speed craft
Length overall
17 m
Beam
6 m
Draught
1.9 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
GRIMSBY
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Moored
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
Not reported
True heading
Not reported

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
55° 8.019' N
Longitude
1° 30.801' W
Decimal
55.13365, -1.51335
Received
21 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 WINDCAT 1's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from WINDCAT 1
GRAND CANYON IIOther type0.1 nm134° SE
ARMADA 78 05Other type0.2 nm332° NNW
NORA BTug0.5 nm128° SE
FCS VEGACargo ship0.5 nm128° SE
AQUARIUS 11 BH456Unknown0.6 nm127° SE
ATLANTIC GUARDIANUnknown0.9 nm145° SE
VOE VANGUARDTug1.0 nm148° SSE
MFV NIMRODUnknown1.1 nm142° SE
CHALLENGEFishing vessel8.0 nm161° SSE
SEIONT-ADredger or underwater operations8.0 nm161° SSE
NEW DAWN SN101Unknown8.0 nm161° SSE
S SHIELDS MARINE 2Other type8.2 nm161° SSE
MMSI 232005885Unknown8.4 nm162° SSE
NORTHERN QUESTOther type8.5 nm165° SSE
SPIRIT OF THE TYNEPassenger ship8.5 nm163° SSE

Ranked by great-circle distance from WINDCAT 1'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”.