PRAY: Winnipeg sailor missing at sea
Written by Mike Thom
Tuesday, Dec 15 2020, 5:32 AM
Left: Master Sailor Duane Earle. The HMCS Winnipeg was returning to British Columbia after being deployed on two operations. (It's a Thing Imagery/Facebook)
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A desperate search is underway in the Pacific Ocean for a Winnipegger who has gone missing during a naval deployment.
Missing is Master Sailor Duane Earle, a Boatswain, from Winnipeg, who was onboard the HMCS Winnipeg in the sea west of San Francisco.
The Department of National Defence says in a release that details are still being determined, but it is believed he accidentally fell overboard very early on December 14, while the ship was approximately 500 nautical miles west of San Francisco, California, en route back to Esquimalt after being deployed to the Asia-Pacific region on Operations PROJECTION and NEON.