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Master Sailor Duane Earle was from Winnipeg, serving on the HMCS Winnipeg. (DND)
A desperate search was underway in the Pacific Ocean for a Winnipegger whom had gone missing during a naval deployment on December 14.
Master Sailor Duane Earle, a Boatswain, from Winnipeg, who was onboard the HMCS Winnipeg in the sea west of San Francisco. The search was called off on December 16.
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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.
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Ship returned to Esquimalt, B.C., Friday, after 4.5 month deployment and loss of Master Sailor Duane Earle
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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 a
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An area of about 2,000 square miles was searched over the course of 30 hours, said Canadian Fleet Pacific Commander Angus Topshee. The U.S. Coast Guard and California Air National Guard assisted Canadian efforts.
Topshee said the search was as thorough as possible, “but it is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.”
With the search over, the focus is on supporting Earle’s family and friends, while working to bring Winnipeg home after a “long and very demanding deployment,” he said.
With about 230 sailors and officers, HMCS Winnipeg was involved in Operations Projection and Neon in the Asia-Pacific area. The latter is part of a multinational effort to enforce maritime sanctions against North Korea.
WINNIPEG A member of the Canadian Armed Forces, who is from Winnipeg, is missing and believed to have fallen overboard, according to the military. Master Sailor Duane Earle, who is a boatswain, went missing on Dec. 14 while deployed on the Royal Canadian Naval frigate, HMCS Winnipeg. A news release from the Department of National Defence says the details of Earle’s disappearance are still being investigated, but it is believed that he fell overboard early on Dec. 14. At this time, the ship was west of San Francisco while heading back to British Columbia after it was deployed to the Asia-Pacific region.