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Vessel photo of HMS DEFENDER (IMO 4907878)

HMS DEFENDER

Vessel type: | IMO: 4907878 | MMSI: MMSI: 232002833
Call sign:
Current Status

Where is the vessel?

HMS DEFENDER is currently in Near Fratton, based on AIS data received less than 1h ago.

Latest AIS update:

Current position: 50.74954° N, 1.09225° W (Near Fratton)

Average speed (last 7 days): Loading…

Average speed (last 30 days): Loading…

Vessel profile: HMS DEFENDER is a vessel with dimensions m x m.

This page combines live AIS, route history, probable destination signals, nearby traffic, and port activity for practical vessel monitoring.

The current position of vessel HMS DEFENDER is 50.74954 lat / -1.09225 lng. Updated: 2026-05-15 13:05:45 UTC
Nearest reference points:
  • Near GOSPORT
  • Near Portsmouth
  • Near EASTNEY
Details:

Live Vessel HMS DEFENDER Analytics (details, animations, etc.)


Recent AIS points (UTC):
2026-05-15 09:24:25 UTC · 50.75744, -1.10736 · SOG 0 kn · COG 71°
2026-05-15 10:06:25 UTC · 50.75781, -1.10776 · SOG 0 kn · COG 81°
2026-05-15 11:45:26 UTC · 50.75760, -1.10778 · SOG 0 kn · COG 140°
2026-05-15 13:05:45 UTC · 50.74954, -1.09225 · SOG 9 kn · COG 144°

Track of the vessel in the last 60 days


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HMS_DEFENDER (232002833) last ports (portcalls and passsages)

Port Sultan | 2025-09-14 12:15:09
EASTNEY | 2025-09-03 17:53:05
SCARBOROUGH | 2025-08-29 06:28:26
DUBAI | 2025-08-27 04:46:16
ST HELENS | 2025-08-26 09:02:29
EASTNEY | 2025-08-26 06:45:19
DUBAI | 2025-08-22 03:31:59
SULTAN QABOOS | 2025-08-18 04:53:54
Belfast | 2025-08-15 14:07:04
BANGOR | 2025-08-15 12:26:24
EASTNEY | 2025-08-08 08:58:44
ST HELENS | 2025-08-08 06:15:56
SAINT MAWES | 2025-08-06 09:42:50
KHALIFA BIN SALMAN | 2025-08-01 12:52:57
SOUTH QUEENSFERRY | 2025-07-29 01:10:47
SOUTH QUEENSFERRY | 2025-07-25 00:55:49
TORPOINT | 2025-07-23 15:14:51
PORTLAND UK | 2025-07-23 03:24:05
EASTNEY | 2025-07-22 07:24:57
KHALIFA BIN SALMAN | 2025-07-19 07:25:49
ST HELENS | 2025-07-16 17:09:52
EASTNEY | 2025-07-16 15:25:45
SAINT MAWES | 2025-07-16 06:01:19
GARSTON | 2025-07-14 22:36:17
GARSTON | 2025-07-10 21:55:03
GARSTON | 2025-07-06 21:46:39
GARSTON | 2025-07-02 21:22:11
GARSTON | 2025-06-28 20:22:45
SANDBANK | 2025-06-28 10:17:04
BRODICK | 2025-06-27 15:29:56
LARGS HAVEN | 2025-06-27 14:35:08
FINNART | 2025-06-26 15:01:04
ROSNEATH | 2025-06-26 14:13:40
KIP | 2025-06-26 13:22:53
SANDBANK | 2025-06-23 16:49:53
LARGS HAVEN | 2025-06-23 05:26:14
PORTAVADIE | 2025-06-23 03:49:24
KIP | 2025-06-22 09:43:46
MCINROY | 2025-06-22 08:43:27
ROSNEATH | 2025-06-22 06:32:21
Lerwick | 2025-06-21 08:01:50
KIP | 2025-06-17 08:38:44
FINNART | 2025-06-16 23:52:58
Greenock | 2025-06-16 22:40:12
ROSNEATH | 2025-06-16 20:53:42
TEXEL | 2025-06-16 07:48:01
PORTLAND UK | 2025-06-14 10:42:00
KIP | 2025-06-11 07:58:34
HUNTERS QUAY | 2025-06-11 07:07:16
ROSNEATH | 2025-06-11 06:17:55
AL DUQM | 2025-06-09 08:55:49
BRIELLE | 2025-06-07 15:17:51
KRIMPEN | 2025-06-07 10:08:49
AL DUQM | 2025-06-05 07:36:22
MUHARRAQ | 2025-06-04 12:59:20
KHALIFA BIN SALMAN | 2025-06-03 12:39:13
SULTAN QABOOS | 2025-06-01 12:56:28
Abu Dhabi | 2025-06-01 03:48:51
GARSTON | 2025-05-31 00:37:44
TRANMERE | 2025-05-30 23:30:05
BIRKENHEAD | 2025-05-30 23:14:52
LIVERPOOL ANCH | 2025-05-30 16:52:14
FINNART | 2025-05-30 12:53:20
ROSNEATH | 2025-05-30 11:04:13
KIP | 2025-05-30 10:21:47
BRODICK | 2025-05-30 03:02:45
PORTLAND UK | 2025-05-27 13:12:11
SULTAN QABOOS | 2025-05-26 04:04:24
FINNART | 2025-05-24 18:26:58
FASLANE | 2025-05-24 17:29:50
ROSNEATH | 2025-05-24 16:46:29
KIP | 2025-05-24 16:19:36
TEXEL | 2025-05-23 09:19:27
SOLENT | 2025-05-21 08:49:57
EASTNEY | 2025-05-21 08:13:41
TANAH MERAH | 2025-05-17 00:23:56
PENGERANG | 2025-05-16 23:05:22
Catania | 2025-05-04 07:14:00
Villa San Giovanni | 2025-05-04 02:16:34
TANJUNG PELEPAS | 2025-04-30 05:24:21
JURONG ISLAND | 2025-04-30 00:36:17
TORPOINT | 2025-04-26 10:15:18
MUHARRAQ | 2025-04-24 11:44:07
KHALIFA BIN SALMAN | 2025-04-24 10:51:34
KHALIFA BIN SALMAN | 2025-04-20 08:01:07
TYNE | 2025-04-18 14:43:15
WEYMOUTH | 2025-04-15 18:51:10
PORTLAND UK | 2025-04-15 18:14:45
ALDERNEY | 2025-04-15 07:05:25
Brest | 2025-04-11 07:55:41
TORPOINT | 2025-04-10 09:09:07
TORPOINT | 2025-04-05 09:46:25
PORTLAND UK | 2025-04-04 11:19:29
SOLENT | 2025-04-01 15:01:29
EASTNEY | 2025-04-01 13:39:41
ST HELENS | 2025-04-01 13:29:14
PORTLAND UK | 2025-03-31 10:55:32
PORTLAND UK | 2025-03-27 09:15:16
KHALIFA BIN SALMAN | 2025-03-25 10:23:02
PORTLAND UK | 2025-03-22 12:11:57
BRU | 2025-03-20 13:25:11
VESTRE BOKN | 2025-03-20 09:22:01
JURONG ISLAND | 2025-03-18 03:43:50
PORTLAND UK | 2025-03-13 09:21:44
TORPOINT | 2025-03-08 08:16:21
PORTLAND UK | 2025-03-06 10:53:48
Portland | 2025-03-06 09:25:21
JURONG ISLAND | 2025-03-03 02:20:51
Campbeltown | 2025-03-01 05:18:38
MALLAIG | 2025-02-28 14:55:16
KYLE OF LOCHALSH | 2025-02-25 16:40:31
KILCHOAN | 2025-02-25 12:10:20
TOBERMORY | 2025-02-25 11:13:15
OBAN | 2025-02-25 09:30:19
KHALIFA BIN SALMAN | 2025-02-23 06:05:22
PADANG BAI | 2025-02-21 23:19:07
BENOA | 2025-02-18 11:08:59
ROSNEATH | 2025-02-17 08:19:59
SAINT MAWES | 2025-02-15 21:56:26
TORPOINT | 2025-02-15 09:27:12
PORTAVADIE | 2025-02-13 02:21:36
FINNART | 2025-02-12 11:27:16
FASLANE | 2025-02-12 09:21:17
ROSNEATH | 2025-02-12 08:56:28
GOUROCK | 2025-02-12 07:32:18
MCINROY | 2025-02-12 07:28:12
KIP | 2025-02-11 02:01:53
LARGS HAVEN | 2025-02-10 17:26:02
Campbeltown | 2025-02-10 13:15:25
PORTLAND UK | 2025-02-04 22:23:30
PORTLAND UK | 2025-01-31 22:08:12
PORTLAND UK | 2025-01-27 21:24:59
PORTLAND UK | 2025-01-23 21:23:00
PORTAVADIE | 2025-01-21 18:33:33
MCINROY | 2025-01-21 10:25:56
ROSNEATH | 2025-01-20 08:08:17
KIP | 2025-01-20 06:56:10
LARGS HAVEN | 2025-01-20 06:24:21
BRODICK | 2025-01-19 09:36:43
PORTLAND UK | 2025-01-16 10:33:53
NORTHNEY | 2025-01-14 16:43:38
ST HELENS | 2025-01-14 10:17:35
PORTLAND UK | 2025-01-12 10:13:20
EASTNEY | 2025-01-11 09:59:37
ST HELENS | 2025-01-10 09:17:35
EASTNEY | 2025-01-07 09:46:36
JURONG ISLAND | 2025-01-05 02:05:18
THAMESPORT | 2024-12-31 19:26:47
DUBAI | 2024-12-29 05:54:32
KHALIFA BIN SALMAN | 2024-12-23 16:12:51
SEMBAWANG | 2024-12-21 06:43:12
CHANGI | 2024-12-21 05:10:45
PENGERANG | 2024-12-21 03:59:55
MYLOR | 2024-12-13 10:53:03
SAINT MAWES | 2024-12-13 10:07:44
KIP | 2024-12-12 15:46:48
EASTNEY | 2024-12-10 12:25:16
FINNART | 2024-12-09 10:51:03
ROSNEATH | 2024-12-09 09:51:30
LARGS HAVEN | 2024-12-09 06:23:42
EASTNEY | 2024-12-06 09:21:37
MARSAMXETT | 2024-12-04 13:44:30
Plymouth | 2024-12-02 16:50:20
HONFLEUR AVANT-PORT | 2024-12-02 07:51:05
Torres Strait | 2024-11-26 20:34:46
Cairns Harbor | 2024-11-25 03:57:38
CAIRNS | 2024-11-25 00:03:00
HELGOLAND | 2024-11-23 19:56:36
FREIBURG | 2024-11-23 15:45:00
GLUECKSTADT | 2024-11-23 14:53:06
STADE | 2024-11-23 14:25:54
Plymouth | 2024-11-21 08:05:02
WEDEL | 2024-11-18 13:26:16
Stadersand | 2024-11-18 12:27:08
BRUNSBUETTEL | 2024-11-18 11:03:05
Plymouth | 2024-11-13 18:10:05
Plymouth | 2024-11-06 17:09:47
Plymouth | 2024-11-02 13:14:27
Portsmouth | 2024-11-01 12:00:47
Plymouth | 2024-10-29 12:57:56
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-10-27 07:58:14
Plymouth | 2024-10-25 12:52:44
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-10-23 08:28:00
Tyne River | 2024-10-22 06:24:18
Portsmouth | 2024-10-21 13:12:17
Plymouth | 2024-10-18 15:11:25
Port San Carlos | 2024-10-14 12:51:47
Plymouth | 2024-10-02 08:29:40
Port Louis | 2024-09-30 02:56:30
Greenock | 2024-09-26 16:09:37
Hamilton | 2024-09-23 17:23:15
San Juan | 2024-09-20 21:17:12
Greenock | 2024-09-17 13:51:40
Cowes | 2024-09-12 13:26:27
Portsmouth | 2024-09-12 12:42:43
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-09-07 06:21:39
Fujairah | 2024-09-05 17:18:52
Faslane Bay | 2024-09-03 09:25:05
Greenock | 2024-09-03 08:54:54
Portsmouth | 2024-09-02 10:43:58
Plymouth | 2024-08-31 08:43:34
Portsmouth | 2024-08-28 09:56:35
Plymouth | 2024-08-26 14:21:13
Portsmouth | 2024-08-24 08:46:42
Road Harbor | 2024-08-19 15:25:08
Victoria | 2024-08-17 10:10:57
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-08-14 10:23:06
Victoria | 2024-08-13 06:32:23
Mombasa | 2024-08-09 06:59:37
Port Darwin | 2024-08-06 17:55:17
Plymouth | 2024-08-03 17:12:52
Portsmouth | 2024-08-02 15:46:06
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-07-28 07:40:36
Plymouth | 2024-07-27 07:36:46
Plymouth | 2024-07-23 07:34:28
Granton | 2024-07-22 09:21:41
Rosyth | 2024-07-20 09:24:51
Mombasa | 2024-07-18 05:46:27
Port Darwin | 2024-07-12 00:15:07
Port Darwin | 2024-07-07 06:59:08
Port Darwin | 2024-07-03 06:27:45
Strait Of Gibraltar | 2024-07-01 01:10:25
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-06-28 06:24:08
Port Stanley | 2024-06-26 06:55:11
Palma | 2024-06-25 05:24:19
Muara | 2024-06-21 00:38:49
Cagliari | 2024-06-19 09:24:40
Johor | 2024-06-17 01:18:33
Port Stanley | 2024-06-11 15:07:55
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-06-07 10:24:21
Johor | 2024-05-31 13:31:26
Port Stanley | 2024-05-28 18:14:35
Victoria | 2024-05-18 09:53:07
Johor | 2024-05-17 02:46:23
Johor | 2024-05-13 01:39:11
Portsmouth | 2024-05-08 03:54:40
Plymouth | 2024-04-30 10:34:14
Stavanger | 2024-04-27 00:39:08
Portsmouth | 2024-04-25 10:44:23
Portland | 2024-04-20 17:30:57
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-04-15 06:18:37
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-04-09 10:05:07
Port Raysut | 2024-04-05 06:18:35
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-04-04 08:26:03
Portland | 2024-03-23 19:17:04
Portland | 2024-03-19 19:11:26
Plymouth | 2024-03-12 13:10:40
Brest | 2024-03-08 22:48:35
Portsmouth | 2024-03-08 15:34:02
Portsmouth | 2024-03-04 14:25:00
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-03-03 09:33:07
Mutrah | 2024-03-01 06:09:54
Portsmouth | 2024-02-28 09:58:27
Charleston | 2024-02-20 20:07:10
Faslane Bay | 2024-02-19 13:24:51
Greenock | 2024-02-19 12:19:25
Campbeltown | 2024-02-19 08:31:51
Flotta Terminal | 2024-02-16 10:45:28
Scapa Flow | 2024-02-16 09:33:28
Pentland Firth | 2024-02-16 08:02:56
Larne | 2024-02-13 21:55:27
Campbeltown | 2024-02-13 17:22:45
Greenock | 2024-02-13 10:16:15
Faslane Bay | 2024-02-12 13:14:36
Plymouth | 2024-02-10 06:51:39
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-02-07 13:37:23
Plymouth | 2024-02-05 21:01:46
Sitrah Anchorage | 2024-01-23 04:02:37
Portsmouth | 2024-01-18 09:49:34
Plymouth | 2024-01-15 09:21:57
Funchal | 2023-12-06 11:04:38
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-12-05 05:57:00
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-11-29 12:37:41
Algeciras | 2023-11-28 09:12:54
Praia Da Vitoria | 2023-11-25 21:36:16
Ponta Delgada | 2023-11-21 15:50:08
Plymouth | 2023-11-20 09:13:30
Mutrah | 2023-11-19 05:03:11
Portsmouth | 2023-11-15 00:09:02
Plymouth | 2023-11-14 08:13:27
Faslane Bay | 2023-11-12 11:22:16
Fujairah | 2023-11-10 06:40:50
Mutrah | 2023-11-09 13:14:57
Portsmouth | 2023-11-08 09:26:09
Mutrah | 2023-11-03 03:21:34
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-11-01 15:19:41
Portsmouth | 2023-10-29 23:30:15
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-10-28 05:36:49
Plymouth | 2023-10-24 08:11:38
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-10-23 05:08:11
Gothenburg | 2023-10-21 08:16:43
Greenock | 2023-10-16 17:11:18
Algeciras | 2023-10-14 11:35:24
Carrickfergus | 2023-10-13 09:39:01
Douglas | 2023-10-09 22:22:57
Yarmouth | 2023-10-06 09:46:26
Cowes | 2023-10-06 08:28:34
Portsmouth | 2023-10-05 13:20:10
Cowes | 2023-09-29 20:31:46
Portsmouth | 2023-09-29 20:07:02
Abidjan | 2023-09-28 12:57:19
Tema | 2023-09-27 10:58:39
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-09-25 15:12:28
San Juan | 2023-09-24 11:11:40
San Juan | 2023-09-18 13:21:37
Tema | 2023-09-17 10:44:58
Lagos | 2023-09-14 13:34:09
Apapa | 2023-09-14 13:20:42
Carrickfergus | 2023-09-13 07:03:56
Lagos | 2023-09-10 13:32:58
Apapa | 2023-09-10 12:37:59
Frederiksted | 2023-09-07 14:29:35
Nassau | 2023-09-04 21:40:56
Mutrah | 2023-09-02 13:23:06
Portsmouth | 2023-09-01 09:53:20
Karachi | 2023-08-30 02:19:13
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-08-28 09:24:28
Praia | 2023-08-24 10:31:21
Porto Grande | 2023-08-23 19:09:49
Portsmouth | 2023-08-18 12:42:16
Abu Dhabi | 2023-08-17 08:21:18
Mutrah | 2023-08-16 04:26:28
Portsmouth | 2023-08-06 09:27:26
Portsmouth | 2023-08-02 09:15:08
Portsmouth | 2023-07-29 08:22:59
Portsmouth | 2023-07-25 07:36:47
Cowes | 2023-07-21 07:10:40
Portsmouth | 2023-07-21 06:00:01
Brixham | 2023-07-18 21:26:32
Dartmouth | 2023-07-18 20:35:18
Plymouth | 2023-07-18 12:09:26
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-07-17 17:51:29
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-07-13 17:17:37
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-07-09 16:17:27
Doha | 2023-07-09 09:32:14
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-07-05 15:55:19
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-07-01 15:47:28
Portsmouth | 2023-06-25 08:09:27
Newport | 2023-06-23 09:01:09
Penarth | 2023-06-23 07:27:25
Brixham | 2023-06-22 19:57:56
Portsmouth | 2023-06-21 07:56:46
Helsingor | 2023-06-16 09:18:47
Kobenhavn | 2023-06-15 11:43:43
Portsmouth | 2023-06-13 07:46:32
Stavanger | 2023-06-12 06:12:25
Kobenhavn | 2023-06-10 12:30:56
Land Skrona | 2023-06-10 11:11:20
Helsingor | 2023-06-10 10:26:27
Stavanger | 2023-06-06 18:35:31
Stavanger | 2023-06-02 09:05:48
Gothenburg | 2023-05-30 11:34:39
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-05-24 11:24:08
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-05-20 07:28:08
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-05-16 06:52:00
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-05-12 06:00:42
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-05-07 06:49:37
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-05-01 06:16:34
Portsmouth | 2023-04-27 11:20:08
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-04-24 04:22:51
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-04-17 05:24:51
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-04-10 05:16:43
Sitrah Anchorage | 2023-04-03 07:41:24
Plymouth | 2023-03-29 08:15:14
Portsmouth | 2023-03-28 19:49:51
Land Skrona | 2023-03-25 14:14:55
Portsmouth | 2023-03-24 11:15:31
Falmouth | 2023-03-21 08:36:42
Rosyth | 2023-03-19 12:04:31
Liverpool | 2023-03-17 17:43:59
Harstad | 2023-03-13 09:01:30
Plymouth | 2023-03-11 11:08:05
Helsingor | 2023-03-09 08:21:15
Rosyth | 2023-03-05 17:17:31
Plymouth | 2023-03-03 11:27:14
Plymouth | 2023-02-24 11:40:04
Portsmouth | 2023-02-23 08:02:45
Portland | 2023-02-21 17:12:38
Plymouth | 2023-02-20 11:22:07
Falmouth | 2023-02-19 20:00:35
Falmouth | 2023-02-15 17:38:52
Faslane Bay | 2023-02-13 08:40:52
Newcastle | 2023-02-10 11:33:30
Tyne River | 2023-02-10 08:42:29
Portsmouth | 2023-01-29 11:22:55
Dover | 2023-01-25 08:57:39
Portsmouth | 2023-01-23 12:07:57
Kobenhavn | 2023-01-20 11:23:09
Helsingor | 2023-01-20 08:20:16
Montrose | 2023-01-15 11:32:55
Plymouth | 2023-01-10 23:58:48
Tyne River | 2023-01-10 14:49:37
Plymouth | 2023-01-04 14:45:45
Algeciras | 2022-04-13 12:56:48
Sitrah Anchorage | 2022-04-06 06:40:14
Portsmouth | 2022-03-29 11:41:24
Liverpool | 2022-03-27 12:21:26
Plymouth | 2022-03-24 09:55:57
Tangier | 2022-03-23 09:10:58
Skaramangas | 2022-03-18 09:11:24
Sitrah Anchorage | 2022-03-09 08:55:08
Mutrah | 2022-03-03 06:34:29
Sitrah Anchorage | 2022-02-17 08:02:12
Mutrah | 2022-02-16 12:03:45
Soudha | 2022-02-07 08:42:40
Rethimnon | 2022-02-05 03:05:03
Leith | 2022-02-02 14:17:07
Dover | 2022-01-29 19:51:05
Bar | 2022-01-24 09:55:00
Vlores | 2022-01-22 12:10:24
Sitrah Anchorage | 2022-01-17 12:30:01
Mutrah | 2022-01-16 05:22:18
Sitrah Anchorage | 2021-12-26 09:10:11
Mutrah | 2021-12-22 11:21:18
Algeciras | 2021-12-18 10:40:07
Banjul | 2021-12-12 16:20:32
Portsmouth | 2021-12-09 17:37:27
Plymouth | 2021-12-08 11:18:03
Portland | 2021-12-08 09:45:35
Brixham | 2021-12-08 08:32:19
La Coruna | 2021-12-06 08:53:39
Algeciras | 2021-12-04 19:21:20
Rota | 2021-12-04 17:30:09
Rota | 2021-12-04 16:26:07
Rota | 2021-12-04 14:35:07
Algeciras | 2021-12-02 15:54:41
Rota | 2021-12-02 13:50:03
Rota | 2021-12-02 13:30:03
Rota | 2021-12-02 12:20:05
Tyne River | 2021-09-30 15:28:06


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