( CNN ) -- Authorities are searching for a British sailor who disappeared after arriving in Dubai . Timothy Andrew MacColl , 27 , was last seen getting into a taxi about 2 a.m. on Sunday , May 27 , his family said . `` It is known that he had just left the Rock Bottom Bar which is at the Regent Hotel in the area of Deira , '' the family said in a statement . The bar is about a 15-minute drive from Port Rashid , where MacColl 's ship , the HMS Westminster , had docked the previous day , the family said . A shipmate saw him get into the taxi alone , the statement said . MacColl is married and has two children , ages 6 and 4 . His wife , Rachel , is expecting their third child in October . `` We are desperately worried . Checks have been made with hospitals , prisons , police stations , medical stations and mortuaries and there is no record of him and no sightings so far , '' Rachel MacColl said in the statement . `` 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 . That call never happened . It is completely out of character for him not to contact us , and we are completely at a loss and going crazy with worry . `` Wherever Timmy is , I know that he wants to be found . ... He may be in trouble somewhere , he could be trapped as far as we know , we have absolutely no idea . Please , please help us find him . '' A spokesman for Britain 's Royal Navy confirmed that MacColl is `` unaccounted for in Dubai '' and said `` everything is being done to ensure that he is located safely . '' British authorities are working with local authorities . `` We take great care to look after all members of the Naval Service wherever they serve around the world , '' the navy spokesman said . CNN 's Kindah Shair and Josh Levs contributed to this report .
Timothy - Smith was last seen getting into a car alone outside a hospital . The 27-year - old has two children and a third on the way . The family is ` ` going crazy with worry , '' his wife says . British authorities are working with local officials to find him .