Looming

I spotted this looming out of the misty Firth of Forth this afternoon. It is the MPV Minna. (MPV stands for Marine Protection Vessel)

This is one of three vessels run my the Scottish Government department of Marine Protection Compliance. They formerly came under the Fisheries Protection Agency.

Today it has been pootling about just off-shore from Kirkcaldy. It never anchored and currently it has disappeared. I observed that it does not show up on the Ship AIS website (fair enough considering its possibly secretive role) but when I checked on the Marine Traffic website it is clearly shown heading ENE just off the coast from Crail (Fife).