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06-01-2012, 07:35 PM
HMS Westminster sailor missing in Dubai
1 June 2012 | Worldwide By Victoria Smith
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A sailor from HMS Westminster has gone missing in Dubai.
27-year-old Leading Seaman Timothy MacColl was last seen getting into a taxi in the early hours of Sunday morning, after a night out.
He had been visiting the Rock Bottom Cafe at the Regent Palace Hotel in Deira near Port Rashid, where the Westminster was docked.
The Royal Navy says it cannot account for the sailor and a search is now underway.
The family of the father-of-two said they were "going crazy with worry".
His wife Rachel, who is expecting the couple's third child in October, said there had been no sightings of her husband and that checks with hospitals, prisons, police stations and mortuaries had so far found no record of him.
"I last spoke with Timmy at midday on Saturday and he was in really good spirits and looking forward to speaking with the children on Skype on Sunday," she said.
That call never happened, she said, adding that it was "completely out of character" for him not to contact his family.
"We are appealing to the people of Dubai and reaching out to the large expat community to help us find Timmy and raise awareness in that area," she said.
"Wherever Timmy is, I know that he wants to be found, he will want us to find him, we need people to help us do that."
The couple's two children are aged six and four.
Leading Seaman MacColl is described as white; 5ft 8ins tall, of medium build, with short brown hair cropped with a flicked fringe, and speaks with a broad Scottish accent.
At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a red MotoGP T-shirt, dark-coloured long shorts and white trainers.
A spokesman for the Royal Navy said the service was working with local authorities and British Foreign Office staff to try to find the missing sailor, and providing support to his family, he said.
"We have one sailor who is currently unaccounted for in Dubai. Everything is being done to ensure that he is located safely," the navy spokesman said.
He added: "We take great care to look after all members of the naval service wherever they serve around the world.
1 June 2012 | Worldwide By Victoria Smith
http://www.bfbs.com/news/sites/ssvc.com.bfbs.news/files/images/internal_articles/hms_westminter__ls_maccoll_2.jpg
A sailor from HMS Westminster has gone missing in Dubai.
27-year-old Leading Seaman Timothy MacColl was last seen getting into a taxi in the early hours of Sunday morning, after a night out.
He had been visiting the Rock Bottom Cafe at the Regent Palace Hotel in Deira near Port Rashid, where the Westminster was docked.
The Royal Navy says it cannot account for the sailor and a search is now underway.
The family of the father-of-two said they were "going crazy with worry".
His wife Rachel, who is expecting the couple's third child in October, said there had been no sightings of her husband and that checks with hospitals, prisons, police stations and mortuaries had so far found no record of him.
"I last spoke with Timmy at midday on Saturday and he was in really good spirits and looking forward to speaking with the children on Skype on Sunday," she said.
That call never happened, she said, adding that it was "completely out of character" for him not to contact his family.
"We are appealing to the people of Dubai and reaching out to the large expat community to help us find Timmy and raise awareness in that area," she said.
"Wherever Timmy is, I know that he wants to be found, he will want us to find him, we need people to help us do that."
The couple's two children are aged six and four.
Leading Seaman MacColl is described as white; 5ft 8ins tall, of medium build, with short brown hair cropped with a flicked fringe, and speaks with a broad Scottish accent.
At the time of his disappearance, he was wearing a red MotoGP T-shirt, dark-coloured long shorts and white trainers.
A spokesman for the Royal Navy said the service was working with local authorities and British Foreign Office staff to try to find the missing sailor, and providing support to his family, he said.
"We have one sailor who is currently unaccounted for in Dubai. Everything is being done to ensure that he is located safely," the navy spokesman said.
He added: "We take great care to look after all members of the naval service wherever they serve around the world.