Richard Smith, a member of the Port’s in-house Engineering dive team, found the bottle while he was carrying out maintenance work on the Prince George Lock last Tuesday. The message was written by a seven-year-old girl called Eva from Brighton. It read: “Hello, my name is Eva, I am seven and I live in Brighton. If you find my message please email my dad and tell him. Thank you.” A spokesman for the port confirmed that they had contacted Eva’s dad as requested and had invited them both to visit the port, so that they could meet the dive team and see where the bottle was found. SEE MORE: Paramedics fight to save bus passenger after serious fall in Goring New website launched by MP brings together all the mental health services available in Shoreham, Lancing and Worthing Man offers 13-year-old girl a lift then follows and films her across Lancing and Sompting