UPDATE : Officers investigating the discovery of an unmanned dingy in Firestone Bay, Plymouth, have identified the owner.
We received a call from Coastguard shortly before 10am on Monday 23 February following the discovery of a dinghy with personal items but no person on board.
A media appeal was published in an effort to locate the dinghy owner and to ensure that nobody had come to harm.
We are now satisfied that we have spoken to the vessel’s owner and that nobody has entered the water and got into difficulty.
Previous post: We are trying to identify the owner of a dinghy located in , Plymouth, earlier today.
We received a call from Coastguard shortly before 10am on Monday 23 February following the discovery of a dinghy with personal items but no person on board.
Enquiries are ongoing to locate the owner and determine whether or not anybody may have entered the water and/or found themselves in danger, or had the items stolen.
Coastguard has carried out a search of the water but not identified any person as yet.
The dinghy may have been at the location since Sunday afternoon and we are keen to speak to anyone who has seen it in the area.
PC Jessie Rapson-Blackler, said: “The dinghy was not secured and not in a suitable position for mooring. The outboard was located submerged in water a few metres away.
“Enquiries so far have been unable to identify an owner. It’s possible that somebody may have gone overboard prior to the dinghy washing up, or it may just have been abandoned there.
“Either way, we are carrying out enquiries to identify the owner or anyone with knowledge of it.”
Anybody with information is asked to call 999 quoting log 181 of 23 February.
