Body found on boat under Tamar Bridge

It was not an easy task for the RNLI crew called out to help…

A police investigation has been launched after a body was found on board on a sailing boat moored under the Tamar Bridge.

The body was recovered from at the moored boat in the Plymouth area on Friday morning after an operation involving police, ambulance and the RNLI crews.

Emergency services were called to the vessel just before 11am after the alert was raised.

Details on the incident are scarce at this point but the Plymouth Lifeboat crew confirmed on Twitter that they were called out to the incident. The post said: “Assistance provided to Police, Ambulance Service and Undertakers in the recovery of a deceased person onboard a moored vessel.”

A spokesman for the RNLI confirmed the grim discovery and said it was up to the police to give out more information. He said: “All I can say is that we were called out to assist the police in recovering a deceased person from a moored sailing boat under the Tamar Bridge.”

The Tamar Bridge under which the body of a person was found in a moored boat

This story is from the Plymouth Herald.

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