T1 what is it?

[nik]

I have just been looking on AIS
and have seen a craft going east and west in the solent. It got up to 37 knots and came out of hythe.
This is the only information AIS has about it.
I was wondering if anyone knew what it is, it should be easy to spot.

T1
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Vessel's Details
Flag: United Kingdom
Ship Type: High Speed Craft
Status: Underway
Speed/Course: 21.8 kn / 317˚
Length x Breadth: 30 m X 7 m
Draught: 0 m
Destination:
Received (71): 0h 1min 57s ago

Thanks, Nick.

[HUMBER P4VWL]

HOLY SH*T

What an interesting site, bookmarked that one. I never knew the lanes were that busy.

No idea about your vessel though. Some of the boats are flying along.

[HUMBER P4VWL]

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shi...MMSI=371166000

how does a tanker do 52 knots, i mean come on, i'm no engineer, but is it planing at that speed

[nik]

Thanks, You may have worked this out.
If you click on a vessel, you get a box with vessel info and maybe a picture, also there is a link for "show vessels track" and if you hover your cursor over one of the triangles in the track, it will show you the speed and time at that point.
A bit like this:

[nik]

how does a tanker do 52 knots, i mean come on, i'm no engineer, but is it planing at that speed

This one has actually fallen off the edge of the world.

[HUMBER P4VWL]

T1, must be some sort of test boat. Its back and forth etc and with that name, they may be trialling it. What boat builders are in hythe? i dont know the area.

[longjohn]

Originally Posted by nik

I have just been looking on AIS
and have seen a craft going east and west in the solent. It got up to 37 knots and came out of hythe.
This is the only information AIS has about it.
I was wondering if anyone knew what it is, it should be easy to spot.

Thanks, Nick.

Thunderbird 1 ???

I'll ask Scott - or maybe check with Lady Penelope