At 11:14 a.m. today, the latest trajectory of the Canadian missile frigate Vancouver, located in the middle of the East China Sea, was exposed. According to publicly available information, the coordinates of the ship are 126 ° 55.372 degrees east longitude, 30 ° 2.427 degrees north latitude. It has a speed of 13.11 knots per hour, or about 20.98 kilometers per hour. Its heading is 158.5 degrees and its bow direction is 160.0 degrees.
According to reports, the Canadian warship departed from the Japanese military port of Yokosuka at 9:40 a.m. on September 1, and after two days of sailing, arrived at a location in the eastern East China Sea at 22:46 p.m. on September 2, the specific coordinates were 130°3.55 degrees east longitude and 30°35.114 degrees north latitude. Then, at 12:59 p.m. on September 3, it reached a position in the west-central part of the East China Sea, with coordinates of 125°37.552°E and 30°15.35°N.
Over the next few days, the Canadian warship carried out a five-day turnback operation in the waters east of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. From 11:27 a.m. on September 8, it began to sail in the direction of the central East China Sea, with real-time coordinates shown as 123°49.143°E and 29°33.014°N, at a speed of 8.71 knots per hour. By 5:04 p.m. on September 8, it arrived at a location in the central and western parts of the East China Sea, with coordinates of 124°42.188°E and 29°41.21°N, at a speed of 2.40 knots per hour, a heading of 84.0 degrees, and a bow direction of 83.0 degrees.
Then, at 0:00 a.m. on September 9, it reached a new location, with coordinates of 125°50.225°E and 29°49.014°N, at a speed of 9.41 knots per hour, a heading of 76.4 degrees, and a bow direction of 76.0 degrees. At 4:33 a.m. on September 9, it reached a new location at coordinates of 126°29.052°E and 30°04.432°N, at a speed of 9.61 knots per hour. Then, at 6:39 a.m. on September 9, it reached a position in the west-central part of the East China Sea, with coordinates of 126°52.361 degrees east longitude and 30° 4.405 degrees north latitude, at a speed of 14.51 knots per hour, a heading of 101.8 degrees, and a bow direction of 101.0 degrees.
The Canadian missile frigate gradually arrived at these coordinate positions. However, soon after, the AIS automatic identification system stopped operating, causing the ship's trajectory to disappear. The nearest Canadian guided-missile frigate was only tens of kilometers from the eastern island of Zhoushan City and only one to two hours away from the coastline of Zhoushan.