Winnipeg sailor missing from Canadian navy ship, military says
A search is underway in waters west of San Francisco for a master sailor from Winnipeg who s gone missing, the Canadian military says.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 5:11 AM CT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
A master sailor is missing from HMCS Winnipeg, seen here dockside in Vancouver in 2014. (Jimmy Jeong/The Canadian Press)
A search is underway in waters west of San Francisco for a master sailor from Winnipeg who s gone missing, the Canadian military says.
Duane Earle is believed to have accidentally fallen overboard HMCS Winnipeg early Monday, about 925 kilometres off the coast, National Defence said in a statement released Tuesday.
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From: National Defence
One member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) went missing on Monday, December 14, 2020, while deployed in Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Winnipeg.
One member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) went missing on Monday, December 14, 2020, while deployed in Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Winnipeg.
Missing is Master Sailor Duane Earle, a Boatswain, from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The details are still being determined, but it is believed he accidently 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.