'A strong and gentle love': Master sailor grieved at memorial ceremony as HMCS Winnipeg returns home Master Sailor Duane Earle, 47, is believed to have accidentally fallen overboard while serving on HMCS Winnipeg early Monday, about 925 kilometres off the California coast. A 30-hour search ended Tuesday evening, but Earle's body was not found. Social Sharing Ship returned to Esquimalt, B.C., Friday, after 4.5 month deployment and loss of Master Sailor Duane Earle CBC News · Posted: Dec 18, 2020 10:40 PM CT | Last Updated: December 19, 2020 Commander Mike Stefanson, Commanding Officer of Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Winnipeg, gifts a Canadian flag to Tracy Hull, spouse of Master Sailor Duane Earle, during a memorial ceremony while alongside Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot on Dec. 18. Master Sailor Earle, a boatswain, went missing on Dec. 14, while HMCS Winnipeg was transiting home from Operations PROJECTION and NEON. HMCS Winnipeg returned to its home port of CFB Esquimalt after a 4.5 month deployment to the Asia-Pacific Region.(Sailor 1st Class Valerie LeClair/MARPAC Imaging Services)